THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SYRACUSE , NEW YORK By Kathleen Ronayne ASST. NEWS EDITOR About 30 students gathered in Schine Student Center’s Panasci Lounge on Wednesday to form a plan of action to remove JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon as the 2010 commencement speaker. “When we feel wronged, we have the idea that we can raise up,” said Ashley Owens, one of the meeting’s leaders and a senior magazine journalism and geography major, before the meeting. “We need to be shown that there’s a vehicle with which to do so.” By Adam Popescu STAFF WRITER Drawing from experiences in three different careers, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said teamwork is the key to success in a speech Wednesday at Syracuse University. Reflecting on his varied life experiences in sports, business and politics, Bing emphasized the value of entrepreneurship, leadership and responsibility during a speech at the seventh annual Whitman Day. A 1966 SU alumnus, Bing spoke to a full auditorium of students, faculty and administrators for about an hour in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s Lender Auditorium. “Coming back here brings back a lot of really good memories,” Bing said. “Orange still runs in my blood.” After graduating from SU with an economics degree, Bing was the second pick in the NBA Draft, earn- ing a rookie of the year award for the 1966-67 season as a Detroit Piston. Looking to buy a house for his young family, Bing sought out a mortgage from the National Bank of Detroit, but he was denied for lack of credit history and played for the underachieving Pistons. But a year after winning the award, Bing was offered a job by the same bank that turned him down. For seven offsea- sons, Bing worked for the National Bank of Detroit. “It was a tremendous learning experience for me because I could take what I learned here academi- cally into the real world,” Bing said. “Understanding the things that an everyday person had to go through was a real good experience for me.” Bing wanted to be an entrepre- neur, he said, but knew upon retir- ing from the NBA that he was not ready for that challenge. Bing went to a two-year training program with a steel company to learn how to run his own business. “I wasn’t sure if I was ready to start my own company, but the tim- ing was right,” Bing said. “There’s a lot of things that go into being a successful entrepreneur, and if you miss the timing, you miss the oppor- tunity. I didn’t want to miss it.” In 1980, Bing started an auto- motive-manufacturing business with four people. The Bing Group would eventually staff 900 people, with gross sales of more than $400 million. “Teamwork is the most impor- tant thing I learned in sports,” Bing said. “I was able to take that con- cept into the business community WEDNESDAY april 8, 2010 APRIL SHOWERS HI 72° | LO 39° INSIDEPULP Feeling the love Parachute gives intimate, heartfelt concert in Schine Underground. Page 13 INSIDESPORTS Learning to fly After struggling with its downfield passing game last season, Syracuse is hoping a new offensive system will shake things up. Page 28 INSIDEOPINION Race card? Columnist Jimmy Paul says Democratic congressmen’s wild accusations blur the real problem. Page 5 INSIDENEWS Helping Hondurans Students hold benefit concert to provide children in Honduras with school supplies. Page 3 nicole roberts | contributing photographer DAVE BING, mayor of Detroit and a Syracuse University alum- nus, speaks at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management on Wednesday on his life as an athlete, an entrepreneur and a politician. commencement 2010 Students organize opposition Detroit mayor speaks on value of teamwork SEE BING PAGE 12 SEE COMMENCEMENT PAGE 8 SEE MAYFEST PAGE 6 Under water Community sees increase in use of PCP-related hallucinogenic called water Group plans protest, petition against speaker SEE WATER PAGE 7 Mayor reminds off-campus students of laws MAYFEST 2010 south side By Nate Hopper CONTRIBUTING WRITER I t was around 5:30 p.m. on a Monday in early February last year. Helen Hudson had just gotten home from work when she heard a knock on her door. “Ms. Helen, Karreem is down on Newell and Midland, and he’s in the middle of the street doing push- ups,” she remembered her neighbor’s 13-year-old daughter tell her. She took a deep breath. Karreem, who was 28, was her only baby. And they were tight. “What the hell is going on,” she thought. Helen got in her car and drove to where Karreem was in the middle of the street heatedly pacing around, his face distorted, hair uncombed, “look- ing like a crazy person,” she said. Karreem’s eyes were empty. “He looked at me and didn’t realize that I was his mother — like I didn’t even matter,” Helen said. “He wasn’t there. That was not my son. Period. I did not know him.” “What the f*ck are you doing here?” he asked her. “Get the f*ck out of my face.” He called her his demon. Karreem had never talked to her like that. Normally, Helen would’ve grabbed Karreem, but she feared he would become violent. It didn’t matter who she really was. After a short while, Helen coerced Karreem into the passenger seat of her car and began to drive home. While in the car, he started pounding on the dashboard. His mouth foamed. Helen called 911 to tell them to get the police to her street. She needed to get him out of her car and to the hospital. Several police cars awaited Helen when she got home, where they told her that Kar- reem had been smoking “water.” ••• Although water has been around Syracuse’s South Side for approxi- mately a decade, its popularity has increased greatly over the past year. Students living off campus received an e-mail from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday night reminding them to follow all city ordinances on MayFest, April 30, both in Walnut Park and on Euclid Avenue. “Although Syracuse Police Depart- ment will be dedicating an increased level of resources to the university area on April 30, it is essential to remem- ber city ordinances apply to everyone, everyday, everywhere,” Miner said in the e-mail. City ordinances prohibit open con- tainers of alcohol on the streets, lit- tering and excessive noise violations. Miner’s e-mail acknowledged the
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By Kathleen RonayneASST. NEWS EDITOR
About 30 students gathered in Schine Student Center’s Panasci Lounge on Wednesday to form a plan of action to remove JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Offi cer Jamie Dimon as the 2010 commencement speaker.
“When we feel wronged, we have the idea that we can raise up,” said Ashley Owens, one of the meeting’s leaders and a senior magazine journalism and geography major, before the meeting. “We need to be shown that there’s a vehicle with which to do so.”
By Adam PopescuSTAFF WRITER
Drawing from experiences in three different careers, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said teamwork is the key to success in a speech Wednesday at Syracuse University.
Refl ecting on his varied life experiences in sports, business and politics, Bing emphasized the value of entrepreneurship, leadership and responsibility during a speech at the seventh annual Whitman Day. A 1966 SU alumnus, Bing spoke to a full auditorium of students, faculty and administrators for about an hour in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s Lender Auditorium.
“Coming back here brings back a lot of really good memories,” Bing said. “Orange still runs in my blood.”
After graduating from SU with an economics degree, Bing was the second pick in the NBA Draft, earn-ing a rookie of the year award for the 1966-67 season as a Detroit Piston.
Looking to buy a house for his young family, Bing sought out a mortgage from the National Bank of Detroit, but he was denied for lack of credit history and played for the underachieving Pistons. But a year after winning the award, Bing was offered a job by the same bank that
turned him down. For seven offsea-sons, Bing worked for the National Bank of Detroit.
“It was a tremendous learning experience for me because I could take what I learned here academi-cally into the real world,” Bing said. “Understanding the things that an everyday person had to go through was a real good experience for me.”
Bing wanted to be an entrepre-neur, he said, but knew upon retir-ing from the NBA that he was not ready for that challenge. Bing went to a two-year training program with a steel company to learn how to run his own business.
“I wasn’t sure if I was ready to start my own company, but the tim-ing was right,” Bing said. “There’s a lot of things that go into being a successful entrepreneur, and if you miss the timing, you miss the oppor-tunity. I didn’t want to miss it.”
In 1980, Bing started an auto-motive-manufacturing business with four people. The Bing Group would eventually staff 900 people, with gross sales of more than $400 million.
“Teamwork is the most impor-tant thing I learned in sports,” Bing said. “I was able to take that con-cept into the business community
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Feeling the loveParachute gives intimate, heartfelt concert in Schine Underground. Page 13
I N S I D E S P O R T S
Learning to fl yAfter struggling with its downfi eld passing game last season, Syracuse is hoping a new offensive system will shake things up. Page 28
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Race card?Columnist Jimmy Paul says Democratic congressmen’s wild accusations blur the real problem. Page 5
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Helping HonduransStudents hold benefi t concert to provide children in Honduras with school supplies. Page 3
nicole roberts | contributing photographerDAVE BING, mayor of Detroit and a Syracuse University alum-nus, speaks at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management on Wednesday on his life as an athlete, an entrepreneur and a politician.
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Students organize opposition
Detroit mayor speaks on value of teamwork
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SEE COMMENCEMENT PAGE 8
SEE MAYFEST PAGE 6
Underwater Community sees increase in use of PCP-related hallucinogenic called water
Group plans protest, petition against speaker
SEE WATER PAGE 7
Mayor reminds off-campus students of laws
MAYFEST 2010
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By Nate HopperCONTRIBUTING WRITER
It was around 5:30 p.m. on a Monday in early February last year. Helen Hudson had just gotten home from
work when she heard a knock on her door.
“Ms. Helen, Karreem is down on Newell and Midland, and he’s in the middle of the street doing push-ups,” she remembered her neighbor’s 13-year-old daughter tell her.
She took a deep breath. Karreem,
who was 28, was her only baby. And they were tight. “What the hell is going on,” she thought.
Helen got in her car and drove to where Karreem was in the middle of the street heatedly pacing around, his face distorted, hair uncombed, “look-ing like a crazy person,” she said.
Karreem’s eyes were empty.“He looked at me and didn’t realize
that I was his mother — like I didn’t even matter,” Helen said. “He wasn’t there. That was not my son. Period. I
did not know him.”“What the f*ck are you doing
here?” he asked her. “Get the f*ck out of my face.” He called her his demon. Karreem had never talked to her like that. Normally, Helen would’ve grabbed Karreem, but she feared he would become violent. It didn’t matter who she really was.
After a short while, Helen coerced Karreem into the passenger seat of her car and began to drive home. While in the car, he started pounding on the
dashboard. His mouth foamed. Helen called 911 to tell them to get the police to her street. She needed to get him out of her car and to the hospital. Several police cars awaited Helen when she got home, where they told her that Kar-reem had been smoking “water.”
•••Although water has been around
Syracuse’s South Side for approxi-mately a decade, its popularity has increased greatly over the past year.
Students living off campus received an e-mail from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday night reminding them to follow all city ordinances on MayFest, April 30, both in Walnut Park and on Euclid Avenue.
“Although Syracuse Police Depart-ment will be dedicating an increased level of resources to the university area on April 30, it is essential to remem-ber city ordinances apply to everyone, everyday, everywhere,” Miner said in the e-mail.
City ordinances prohibit open con-tainers of alcohol on the streets, lit-tering and excessive noise violations. Miner’s e-mail acknowledged the
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Incident on plane causes air marshals to interveneA disturbance aboard a Washing-ton-to-Denver fl ight Wednesday caused federal offi cials to inves-tigate, according to The New York Times. The incident involved a passenger who was identifi ed by the authorities as a diplomat in the Qatar Embassy in Washington. A federal offi cial said the man went to the bathroom to smoke a ciga-rette and was confronted by the air marshals on board. The passenger made sarcastic comments that the authorities saw as a threat, and the passenger was questioned by the FBI. Aircraft around the U.S. were alerted, according to The New York Times.
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T O D AY ’ S E V E N T SWhat: Speakers- Dave Tucker and Gawain KripkeWhen: 1 p.m.Where: 060 Eggers HallHow much: Free
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Francesca Merwin takes part in Relay for Life for her best friend, Joelle. At the start of their senior year
of high school, Merwin’s best friend was diagnosed with skin cancer.
Traditions of applying to colleges and
prom dress shopping were overshad-owed by the absence of her friend, who routinely missed school for treat-ments. With the support of her family and friends, Joelle went into remis-sion that spring and attended her senior prom and graduation.
Merwin’s first Relay for Life was at her home in Connecticut, where she and her friends fundraised to find a cure that would do more than post-pone the cancer their friend struggled with. Merwin continued to show her support throughout her three years at Syracuse University.
“My first Relay was an amazing experience, but the Syracuse one was better,” said Merwin, a junior writing and communication and rhetorical studies major. “It is in the Carrier Dome, the heart of SU, and all of our peers gathering together to fight a cause makes it more special.”
This year’s Relay for Life, themed “Truth and Dare,” will begin Sat-urday at 6 p.m. and continue until 6 a.m. Sunday. The money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society and will help pay for research efforts and support programs for patients and survivors.
The Relay for Life committee, the group that organizes the event, has used newer forms of social media and started the planning for the event ear-lier than usual to raise more money than in previous years, said Megan Woods, a Relay for Life committee member and senior arts and sciences major.
As of Wednesday night, 207 teams signed up to participate in this year’s Relay for Life. So far, $115,000 has been raised, and the committee expects to meet its goal of $200,000 by the end of the event Sunday. Last year’s Relay for Life raised $130,000.
The committee began to meet and plan for the event in October — earlier than in past years — with the hope of turning Relay for Life into a yearlong event that gives teams more time to fundraise, Woods said.
The committee also took advantage of Twitter. It expanded beyond the
By Beckie StrumaSSt. NeWS editor
A mother living in the rural outskirts of Capa Ruina, Honduras, told Therese McKinny-Wood, a Syracuse University graduate student who went to the area on a Fulbright Scholarship, why she had to pull her daughter out of elemen-
tary school. “She said,
‘I tried to send my daughter to school. But I kept her home for two weeks because she
didn’t have a notebook,’” McKinny-Wood said. “The things we think as accessible really aren’t. Although the school may be free in these villages, a lot of supplies are out of reach.”
McKinny-Wood and the rest of the fundraising committee at Operation Guacamaya are to host a benefit con-cert, “Chords for a Cause,” Thursday at Funk ‘n Waffles from 7 to 11 p.m. as part of the organization’s goal to raise money to provide school supplies to impoverished children in Honduras. The concert will feature four area bands, and the proceeds will be donat-ed to Paramedics for Children, which will deliver the supplies to Honduras.
Hotel Reverie, The Boatmen, El Ka Bong and Melody Calley will each play for an hour. The bands will play a mix-ture of indie, alternative, reggae and rock covers. Because all the members of the organization started at SU in the fall, they had to research the area music scene and possible venues, said Claire Thomas, a graduate student in public administration.
But after becoming familiar with the options, Thomas said she’s excited to hear the bands that will be playing at the benefit.
Attendees will donate their $5 entry fee to Operation Guacamaya. The cost of providing school supplies to one
child in Capa Ruina is $12, Thomas said.
Although the town has a steady economy from the influx of tourists to nearby Mayan ruins, the rural out-skirts are primarily agricultural. In the agricultural areas, there is a high drop-out rate before sixth grade, a phe-nomenon McKinny-Wood saw while in Capa Ruina.
“One of the major conclusions was the financial constraint. They couldn’t afford the supplies or the opportunity cost,” McKinny-Wood said. “The fam-ily thought it would be more economi-cal to be helping in the fields or helping
t h u r s d ayapril 8. 2010
isabel alcantara | staff photographerjamie robinson, seth finkelstein, linda stone fish and amit taneja (left to right) discuss how to handle unhealthy, abu-sive relationships at a panel sponsored by the r.a.P.e Center on Wednesday. Partners should make sure needs are met, the panel said.
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Panel provides advice on relationship abuse
Concert proceeds to buy school supplies for Honduras
IF YOU GOWhat: operation Guacamaya Benefit ConcertWhere: funk ‘n WafflesWhen: today, 7-11 p.m. how much: $5
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Annual cancer walk to break donation record
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IF YOU GOWhat: relay for LifeWhere: Carrier domeWhen: Saturday, 6 p.m.how much: free
By Susan KimStaff Writer
A panel hosted by the Syracuse Uni-versity R.A.P.E. Center discussed how to recognize and confront unhealthy relationships Wednesday.
Comprised of six panelists and titled “Recognizing the Red Flags: Working Toward Healthy Relation-ships,” the panel touched on what defines a healthy relationship, red flags that lead to unhealthy relation-ships, ways to resolve those conflicts
and the effects of the media. “It is important to understand
that certain aspects of what defines a healthy relationship is going to be defined by the partners themselves,” said Melissa Luke, a member of the panel and an assistant professor of counseling and human services.
Partners should be aware of what their needs are and make sure a sat-isfying level of those needs is being met, Luke said.
There is no specific model that
defines a healthy relationship, but Linda Stone Fish, a professor of mar-riage and family therapy, said she believes there are four critical com-ponents.
A partner has to have control over himself or herself and influence over the other; he or she has to be his or her best self and encourage his or her partner to be the same; he or she has to give as much as he or she takes; and he or she must be willing to resolve conflict, Fish said.
“Relationships, especially intimate relationships, are sacred spaces, and their purpose is to heal us,” she said.
But there are challenges in trying to fulfill a healthy relationship, so partners and the bystanders need to recognize the red flags when they occur, the panel said.
A skit by three people about one partner who was dictating the rela-tionship identified some red flags,
We have been reading recent articles published in this paper that reflect a student body that is extremely unhappy and uninterested in the selection of Jamie Dimon as Syracuse University’s commencement speaker. First off, let’s go over some facts about JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Jamie Dimon. Dimon has a very long résumé working for various banks on Wall Street. In 2004 he took on one of the larger roles when his former employer, Bank One, was taken over by JPMorgan. After the acquisition, Dimon became president of JPMorgan and from there he became the company’s chief executive officer and a board member of the New York Federal Reserve.
During the time Dimon has been CEO, the world has seen competitors Bear Sterns, Leh-man Brothers, Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, CIT, Countrywide, and Washington Mutual either close their doors for good or get taken over at fire-sale prices. During this time, we have seen the portfolio of companies that JPMorgan owns increase and their competitive position set
firmly atop the banking industry.In 2009 JPMorgan reported it had nearly a
quarter million people working for the bank. One of the reasons we believe Dimon is such a good choice is due to the fact that he was able to make JPMorgan one of the best banks on the street, while saving the nearly one-quarter mil-lion jobs that would have been lost if JPMorgan were to go under like Lehman or Bear Sterns.
Not only is Jamie Dimon one of the most respected CEOs in the industry, Dimon is also respected by President Obama (whom the majority of our student body either supported or voted for). Obama was quoted saying about Dimon, “You know, keep in mind, though there are a lot of banks that are actually pretty well managed, JPMorgan being a good example, Jamie Dimon, the CEO there, I don’t think should be punished for doing a pretty good job
managing an enormous portfolio.” There was even mass speculation by Washington insiders and news agencies that Jamie Dimon was on the short list of people Obama considered for the treasury secretary position. Other names on that list included current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Warren Buffett, PIMCO CEO Mohamed A. El-Erian and Larry Sum-mers.
Under Dimon, JPMorgan was among the first banks to repay its TARP funds, or simply repay the bailout. On June 17, 2009, JPMorgan returned all $25 billion plus interest. What many people don’t realize or know is that the back was forced by the federal government to take these funds. The federal government was nervous about the tier-one capital reserves on many banks, and wanted to completely ensure that these firms were not going to fall like Leh-man or Bear.
No matter whether you think that this plan was the right course of action, it simply worked. No more banks fell, and Dimon repaid the
money he was forced to take on the first avail-able day the banks could repay it. Furthermore, according to The New York Times, of the banks that have repaid their TARP funds, the gov-ernment has seen a calculated annual rate of return of 15 percent on their investment.
The last question that we should ask our-selves isn’t whether Jamie Dimon should be speaking, but rather, why people within and outside SU have started to frown upon success-ful people such as Jamie Dimon and people that make a lot of money. Why has success or wear-ing a tailored suit earned such a stigma where no one wants to touch or associate with you? We as Americans and individuals should not have disdain for someone as successful as Jamie Dimon, but rather applaud and respect a man like him for his work that saved a company, one-quarter million jobs and the U.S. economy.
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Democratic congressmen attempt to create controversy out of nothing
I t’s hard enough for Republicans to make their voices heard given the Democrats’ massive majori-
ties in both chambers of Congress. Things get even more challenging for the GOP when it has to fend off bombastic charges of racism.
The incident in question occurred on the day before the House voted to pass health care legislation. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, walking across the street from their office buildings to the Capitol, decided to take a symbolic stroll through an enormous crowd of Obamacare protesters.
Considering that congressmen usually walk this route through underground tunnels, it is fair to say that they were trying to make a scene. They wanted the media attention. They wanted to rub this legislative victory in the faces of thousands of political opponents. And
hey, maybe this would incite some racist rhetoric that could help paint the protesters as hateful bigots.
Problem is, the racist comments never came. So the congressmen made some up.
Reps. Andre Carson and John Lewis claimed to have been called the N-word a whopping 15 times. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s office released a statement alleging that he was spit on. Both are serious, astounding charges. Both are, as of this writing, entirely unsubstantiated.
The crowds booed and expressed their displeasure, but despite the plethora of television networks and cell phone cameras, there was abso-lutely no video or audio evidence of any hateful action. And last weekend, Cleaver distanced himself from his own office’s press release, claiming that he personally never made a spit-ting allegation and refusing to talk
about the (non)event any further. Such incidents, when they actually
occur, are abhorrent and should be condemned. And it is unfortunately true that hateful speech occurs in this country, probably more often than any of us would expect.
But it is beyond irresponsible to wrongly charge health care protesters with using the N-word and spitting on congressmen. If you’re going to make that charge, you had better be right about it. Making such an accusation falsely is all the more reprehensible.
Democrats have significantly
ramped up the racial rhetoric during the past several months, making sure to constantly equate health care reform with civil rights legislation. “This is the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century,” Rep. James Clyburn said.
For more than a year, a small group of liberals has been trying to delegitimize Tea Partiers and Obama’s political opponents by cast-ing them as racists. This is a typical left-wing tactic. In their view, the only reason to object to Obama’s mar-velous policies of redistribution and social justice would be a prejudice against black people in general.
Americans should be free to protest Obama and the Democrats without facing accusations of racism. These unsubstantiated charges are damaging to the democratic founda-tions of this country. They turn people away from politics and serve
as a distraction from substantive policy debates that are needed now more than ever.
Rarely am I genuinely disap-pointed in the nature of contem-porary American politics. I don’t generally buy the argument that the system is broken or that conditions are overly polarized.
In my view, it is desirable to have as many Americans as possible engaged in the political process. As a result, there are going to be some serious disagreements — this is to be expected.
But when our politicians seem more interested in trumping up allegations of racism than debating the merits of a massive restructuring of our economy, then we really do have a problem.
Jimmy Paul is a junior political science major. His column
appears weekly and he can be reached at [email protected].
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I knew I was a feminist when I was 9 years old. One of my classmates — let’s call him John — smacked my
butt on the playground. Every other girl in my class
took it as a compliment when John acknowledged their newfound junk in their trunk, but I knew better. Sexual harassment has never been a childish game in my mind, whether I was turning 9 or 19. So I told on John and I made a fuss about how I did not feel comfortable being touched like that, and it wasn’t consensual or warranted — mind you, my vocabu-lary may have been slightly altered at the time.
I was the first girl in my class to ever complain about John, and in the weeks to follow there were confer-ences with both of our parents, teach-ers and other faculty members. Most importantly, he never questioned my ability to stand my ground ever again.
Feminist awakenings can happen in a variety of ways: theory textbooks, magazine articles and classrooms, to name a few. The most common and outright way to spark enlightenment, however, is via personal experience. My fourth-grade incident with sexual harassment is only the beginning of a
long list of feminist tendencies before I even knew the F-word existed.
These episodes of awareness are sometimes referred to as click moments — a memorable point in one’s life when one comes to terms with a particular belief. In May 2010, Seal Press is publishing an anthol-ogy comprised of these stories, titled “Click: Young Women on the Moment They Knew They Were Feminists.” Noteworthy writers Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan co-edited the anthology together in celebration of feminism, youth and identity.
Politics, the media and popular culture are responsible for shaping the way our society runs, but we are individually accountable for the way we think. “Click” informs readers that no one person or object can influence our uniqueness.
This book is important because it
allows young women who have femi-nist tendencies to finally realize that they are, in fact, feminists. Younger generations of females are afraid to associate with feminism because of negative stigmas attached to the word. Do not fear any longer, fellow com-rades — cool chicks like Shelby Knox, Winter Miller and Allisa Quart write about their own “click” moments in Martin and Sullivan’s new anthology.
Click also provides a walk down memory lane for those who already associate with feminism and have simply forgotten their own personal reasons behind joining the move-ment.
I have come a long way from my first feminist awakening and my elementary school days of standing up for myself, and I’ve experienced many more feminist moments since my initial “click.” The knowledge and opinions I currently hold all had to start somewhere, and I thank my lucky stars that Martin and Sullivan had the brilliance to compile and share similar moments with young women everywhere.
Krystie Yandoli is a sophomore women’s studies major. Her column
appears weekly and she can be reached at [email protected].
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with the family.”Many parents in the region do not see how
their children’s education would lead to a brighter future when the only occupation is working on a farm, she said. But she said many of the children she encountered still wanted to go to school.
It was because of this experience that McKin-ny-Wood helped start Operation Guacamaya in the fall when she came to SU, in hopes of promot-ing education in the region, she said.
“It’s so important because not having those supplies could mean cutting off their education at age 11,” she said.
Paramedics for Children, the organization Operation Guacamaya is donating the proceeds to, and other non-governmental organizations in Honduras are in a particular economic strain because of recent political turmoil in Honduras,
said Sarah Yagoda, a graduate student in public administration who is also on the fundraising committee. Political unrest hit Capa Ruina, caus-ing the donor base of many aid organizations in the region to decline, Yagoda said.
During the semester, Operation Guacamaya sold coffee for donations once a week in the Max-well School of Citizenship and Public Adminis-tration. Members set up the table in the fall and raised about $200 throughout the course of the semester, Yagoda said. So far this semester, they have raised approximately $250, she said.
Thomas said she hopes the benefit at Funk ‘n Waffles will raise awareness about helping these children access education.
“We’ll be happy if people come. But we don’t have any expectations of how many,” Thomas said. “We’ll be happy if people come out and learn about this great operation.”
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importance of the day but said non-students living in the area must be respectful. Anyone violating an ordinance will be held responsible, Miner said.
Student Association President Jon Barnhart also sent an e-mail to students Wednesday morn-ing, thanking the mayor for her collaboration and reminding students to be responsible and respect-ful April 30.
SPD will be patrolling the area in the time leading up to MayFest as well, and students should
remember MayFest in Walnut Park on April 30 is the dedicated day to celebrate, Miner said.
The day is meant for celebration, but students also need to be mindful of non-students living in the East neighborhood and surrounding area, Miner said.
“It is equally important that neighbors in the university area be treated with respect and consid-eration,” Miner said. “Anything less is unaccept-able and anyone violating city ordinances will be held responsible for their actions.”
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Christine Stork, the clinical director of the Upstate New York Poison Center, told a group of concerned community members at a drug aware-ness meeting March 19 the center has seen a large increase in episodes coming into the emergency department.
“This was not the case about a year ago,” Stork said. “We’re seeing a huge increase in that number.”
For the meeting, Helen assembled a panel of experts, including Stork, to tell the community about water’s medical effects, the crime it causes and the greater danger it poses for the community, and to brainstorm how to stop it from spreading.
Water is made by dipping cigarettes, mari-juana joints or, in some instances, mint or tea leaves into liquid PCP — known among drug deal-ers and users as “embalming fluid.” It’s known by a variety of names around the country: wet-wet, amp and illie, among others.
Sometime since the drug first became popular, though, some dealers started confusing the slang with actual embalming fluid — the substance funeral homes use to preserve dead bodies — which contains numerous other toxins such as formaldehyde and emits a distinct, noxious odor. The mistaken but now popular use of actual embalming fluid has increased the medical dan-gers of using water but adds little to the high, according to Brian Johnson, director of the addic-tion psychiatry program at Upstate Medical Uni-versity Hospital.
People on water hear things, see things and feel things that aren’t real, Johnson explained. Some-times their hallucinations make them paranoid, driving them into confused, violent rages they can’t remember once the drug’s effects wear off. In these rages, they feel all-powerful and possess incredible strength. Their body temperatures go up, too, often causing them to shamelessly undress, he said.
Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler told the group about two recent incidences of people driv-ing while intoxicated by the drug. One driver got a car up to such speed that it flipped and wedged itself between two other cars. Another car was estimated to be going faster than 100 mph down
South Salina Street, a popular city road that has a 30 mph speed limit.
The director of one local funeral home told the group how an employee of his home was scammed into giving embalming fluid to an anonymous man two times before he alerted him to what was going on. Another funeral home owner said hers has been burglarized twice.
Bridget Scholl, an assistant district attorney, told the group that cases involving water “are coming in every week.”
The use of actual embalming fluid has provid-ed a convenient cover for water dealers. Although PCP is an illegal drug under New York state law, embalming fluid is legal. It can be found in funeral homes, hospitals and high school science labs. Dealers can hide the PCP in the embalming fluid containers, and without enough probable cause to test the fluid for drugs, police officers cannot arrest them.
One proposed solution to this problem is to regulate who can purchase and possess embalm-ing fluid. But Johnson, who calls the combination of PCP and the fluid a marketing plan devised by drug dealers to entice customers into trying something new, said he is unconvinced that will solve anything. Liquid PCP can be put in any liquid — not just embalming fluid — and still get people just as high.
“I’m afraid if we start to regulate formaldehyde then they’d just find another way to market it,” Johnson said.
The danger of the psychotic illusions water induces is compounded by the painkilling effects of PCP, which doctors originally tested as an anes-thetic in World War II but discontinued because of its side effects.
“They feel as though they could do anything — they feel like nothing can stop them — and they have no pain,” Stork said. “They really have nothing to restrain the degree of destruction they can do.”
Rapper Antron Singleton, better known as “Big Lurch,” killed his friend’s girlfriend by cut-ting her open with a 3-inch paring knife and then began to eat some of her flesh because of a paranoid hallucination from smoking water.
“All I can remember, you know, the world was going to end. And I had to find the devil and kill the devil before the world ended,” Singleton said in an interview from prison on FOX News. “That’s
the last thought that I had.”The police found him naked, covered in blood,
in the middle of a street.•••
Back on her street, Helen begged the police to take Karreem to St. Joseph’s Hospital’s psychi-atric health center. They refused. They couldn’t, they told her. Although he was intoxicated, Kar-reem had not committed a crime; he had not injured anyone, he was not driving, and he was not in possession of or intending to sell the drugs he was on. Without a crime to arrest him for, the police couldn’t do anything. Kareem was legally psychotic.
Police warned Helen that because of the drug Karreem was on, she should not take him into her home, Helen said. Helen asked her neighbor to drive Karreem to the hospital because she couldn’t handle another ride with him. Her neigh-bor agreed, and she watched the two of them get in his car. But Karreem never got there. The neigh-bor told her that he escaped when they stopped at a store on the way over. Helen doesn’t buy it.
At around 5 a.m. after that night, Karreem called Helen. He asked her to take him to the hospital so they could give him something that’d help him sleep.
“I was mortified,” Helen said. But she got up and drove Karreem over to the ER anyway. “He was reaching for help. I was going to help him.”
Twelve hours after that night, Karreem was still psychotic. When they arrived at the hospital, two security guards came out with a “babysitter,” as Helen called her, to watch over him. In the main waiting area, he put his headphones on and started screaming and cursing along to his music. Some of Helen’s family was there, along with her pastor, offering support.
In the waiting room, a lady mouthed “I’m so sorry” to Helen.
When Kareem was taken to the ward, Helen
explained to the psychiatrist that he was having a psychotic episode because of the drug and begged her to give him a shot to sedate him.
“I just couldn’t take it anymore,” she said.Kareem spent five days in the psychiatric
ward. The day after he was released, a Sunday, he asked Helen to drive him around to four churches. At one, Helen put her arm around him, but she was repulsed away by an overwhelming odor. She asked Karreem what it was and he said to her, “It’s me, Mom.” Helen said she thinks it was still water sweating out of his body.
Karreem stayed mostly distant from Helen for about eight months after the episode, which makes her think he kept using the drug, she said.
“He’s always said when he’s doing wrong he doesn’t come around me,” Helen said.
But he eventually called Helen, after being told more about the drug by Helen’s niece.
“Mom — why didn’t you tell me about all this stuff?” he asked her.
So they met up. Helen showed him a pamphlet, they talked and he learned. Soon after, she over-heard him telling his friends about what’s in the drug and how dangerous it is.
“He started, in turn, helping educate more people,” Helen said.
Helen said she believes that Karreem is now off water. For the past six months he has been close again, she said.
Helen said she is thankful she and her son are close again and thankful that nothing worse happened.
“I’m blessed, I’m lucky — I’m all of that — because a lot of homicides have come around from that drug,” she said “I don’t know seriously how I, even though I didn’t do it, how I would be able to live with myself if my son took another person’s life. I really don’t. I really don’t.”
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Suggestions for how to change the commence-ment speaker included staging a protest, contact-ing media outlets such as The New York Times for national publicity, writing a letter to Dimon asking him to step down, and contacting faculty and staff members who are also angry with the commencement speaker choice. The students broke into groups to work on each plan.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Owens and fellow
member of Students for a Democratic Society Mariel Fiedler announced a protest on the Quad on April 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. The protest will be in the form of a dance party called the “Take Back Commencement Rally.”
Since the March 25 announcement of Dimon as Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s commencement speaker, a student-generated petition and a Facebook group titled “Take Back Commencement” have been created. The petition was created on April 2 and had 703 signatures as of Wednesday, and the group had
760 members.The number of signatures stands at about one-
fifth of SU’s senior class. The petition states the signees’ opposition to what they see as the use of the commencement to restore the banking indus-try’s image and “validate the anti-environmental and anti-humanitarian interests of JPMorgan Chase.” The petition demands a new speaker who does not fit this mold and is sensitive to the cur-rent global climate.
In response to the petition and student con-cerns, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Kevin Quinn said the administration is aware of opposition and that there has been discontent with speakers in the past. Controversial speakers in the past include Rudolph Giuliani in 2002 and Malcolm Forbes in 1988, he said.
“While we understand and respect that every student is entitled to their own viewpoint, Mr. Dimon is the speaker for this year’s commence-ment,” Quinn said in an e-mail.
The student petition is currently only online, but each student at the meeting was encouraged to gather signatures in hard copy to compile and present to the university. John Crandall, presi-dent of Pride Union and a student present at the meeting, suggested making copies of the petitions before handing them over to the administration.
Adrienne Garcia spoke for the group focused on campus mobilization, including the Take Back Commencement rally. In addition to the rally, the group discussed acting in unison at least once a week until commencement. Other ideas included
holding hands around the administration build-ing when the chancellor and others are leaving work.
The group also suggested holding a vigil for all students struggling to pay for college. After the vigil, the group wants students to walk toward the administration building and snap wooden pencils on the ground.
“We want to have a vigil for everyone who had to drop out and everyone across America who is suffering from what JPMorgan represents,” Garcia said.
The group focused on finding a new speaker is considering finding someone who has been affect-ed or wronged by JPMorgan, said Liz Quencer, a senior majoring in television, radio and film, political science and psychology. The group wants every student to post ideas for new speakers on the Facebook group wall, she said. Members want to remain careful of finding another speaker who is too polarizing, she said.
Audra Colombe spoke on behalf of the media relations group. The group compiled a list of media contacts, including people from The New York Times, The Huffington Post and perhaps The Daily Show. Its members plan to ask the con-tacts the best way to bring their concerns into the national spotlight, she said. The group also came up with the idea of creating a Twitter account and re-tweeting a single statement expressing the concerns to every tweet mentioning Dimon.
Another group focused on contacting depart-ment heads and other faculty members for sup-port and suggestions on how to move forward.
Fiedler, one of the meeting’s organizers, worked on drafting a letter to Dimon directly during the meeting. She told the crowd the letter could say something like, “We respect your posi-tion in society, but we don’t want you here as the person pushing us out into the world.”
While the group may go around the adminis-tration and directly to Dimon, it plans to make the students’ discontent so well known that the administration cannot ignore it, she said.
“The idea is to cause so much of a ruckus that they’re embarrassed to have him speak here,” she said.
But for Owens and the rest of the students, having Dimon speak at commencement isn’t only disrespectful to the students walking at com-mencement, she said. It also matters to those who will not.
“A lot of people have had to drop out of school, and it’s a slap in the face to all of those students that won’t be walking with us at commence-ment,” she said. “It’s not Dimon personally, but more of the system that he represents.”
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cheryl mowczan | staff photographerEugEnE Law, the Syracuse University-State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry liason on Student Association, is running uncontested for president of ESF’s newly revamped Undergraduate Student Association for fall 2010.
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In an effort to meet the needs of students more effectively, the Undergraduate Stu-dent Association at the State University
of New York College of Environmental Sci-ence and Forestry will undergo a makeover this year.
The association will see a budget increase of 70 percent, from $104,000 to $170,000, and overhaul its financial procedures with the help of a newly formed independent financial board. Elections are being held Wednesday to Friday to choose new officials to lead the association in its transformation.
The financial board, which will operate for the first time this year, is comprised of undergraduate students who have not been involved with the association. These stu-dents will review budgets and past expense reports from clubs and organizations, said Benjamin Schott, a senior environmental studies major and current president of the association.
“We have an independent group of stu-dents with an unbiased perspective on how to spend the money next year,” he said.
In previous years, the association gath-ered informally to decide where the money should go, Schott said.
In addition to the new finance board, the association will have an increased budget. The ESF student body voted last semes-ter to approve a $25 increase per semester on the student activity fee, bringing it to
$140, which will provide the money for the increased budget.
Kevin Phu, a sophomore chemistry major and uncontested treasurer candidate, is con-fident the budget increase and new financial procedures will allow for better program-ming and bigger events on campus.
The new budget and financial procedures will allow organizations to have the capac-ity to put on bigger events. One of the bigger events students can expect to see is an expanded Earth Week, Schott said.
Groups that collaborate with other orga-nizations to participate in off-campus com-munity involvement or innovative program-ming will have a greater chance of seeing increased funds, Phu said. In spite of the new review procedures, it is not likely that any groups will see reduced funding.
“From the request we’ve seen, we are on track to fund every group,” Phu said.
The financial overhaul has been a long time coming, Schott said.
“Since 1912, there’s been no guidelines, no procedure or guided instructions on how you apply for funding,” Schott said. “The whole relationship between clubs, recognized orga-nizations and (the association) is changing.”
Schott said he hopes changes in the past year and upcoming year will give the asso-ciation more recognition and allow it to evolve into a more legitimate, professional organization.
“It’s been very casual and very grassroots and that has worked for the campus so far,
but the campus is changing and we have to change with them,” Schott said.
Juniors, seniors and alumni have voiced concern that the campus is lacking in the ideals of community service and involve-ment that it was built on, Schott said. The association plans to raise student engage-ment back to where it was in previous years by using the budget expansion to make student organizations more attractive.
The association is holding elections, which began Wednesday, but all the posi-tions are uncontested. Eugene Law, a sopho-more environmental resource and forest engineering major, is running uncontested for the presidency position.
“I think I’m going to pick up where Ben’s leaving off,” Law said. “We’ve worked really closely together this year.”
Law is currently the ESF-SU liaison, and he said he hopes to implement suc-cessful practices he has observed at SU’s Student Association. ESF’s association will implement a more professional atmosphere through stricter operating rules, as seen in SA, he said.
This will allow for the needs of the major-ity to be met while preserving the rights of the minority, Law said. ESF’s association will also incorporate aspects of SA’s budget-ing procedures into the new finance plan.
Law said the relationship between the two universities has been strengthened, and he hopes to help make the bond even stronger. There has even been a decrease in the rivalry
between SU and ESF students, Law said. “I think that stigma has been decreased
as the environmental movement has become more popular,” Law said.
Because of society’s growing concern with environmental issues, the face of ESF’s campus is changing to include people con-sidered different from traditional students, Law said.
“We’re not all hippies and lumberjacks,” he said. “We’ve increased diversity here and that allows us to better work with people from other communities.”
One of his goals as president is to engage the campus in celebrating ESF’s centennial year, Law said.
“ESF is turning 100, and I want that to be as big of a deal as it should be,” Law said.
Though all of the positions are being uncontested, it’s not due to a lack of inter-est, Law said. Interested students decided amongst themselves who would be best suit-ed for each position, maneuvering around the need for head-to-head races, he said.
Although there has not been a lack of interest among students previously involved in the association, there haven’t been many newcomers, which Law attributes to people being put off by the rebuilding process.
“When we became a serious government organization,” Law said, “some people weren’t into that.”
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usual Facebook group and created a Twitter account to reach a wider audience and post small updates about money raised and the number of teams signed up, Woods said.
“This year’s committee came together in a really good way. The students have been so motivated and have raised more money than any to date,” said Betsy Guilfoil, an Ameri-can Cancer Society special event coordinator who has worked with SU Relay committees for four years.
The committee chose the theme “Truth and Dare” to spread truths about cancer and then dare the SU community to fundraise and sleep in the Dome.
Nearly 1.5 million Americans will be diag-nosed with cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society, a truth that the committee spread through a news release.
At the event, teams will be able to par-ticipate in games like jousting and cardboard box races and hear live performers. In past years, Relay for Life featured numerous local and campus performers like Orange Pulse. This year the event will consist of perform-ers from the Syracuse area as well as a Boston alternative rock band, Lights Out, and a punk-rock band from Binghamton, I Am Brave.
Liza Fishbone, a freshman fashion design major, said she has participated in many breast cancer walks but is excited to partici-pate in an event that addresses all forms of cancer.
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such as jealousy, invasion of privacy, possessive-ness and excessive control over one’s partner.
To help resolve the conflicts, the panel said, partners need to talk to each other and bystand-ers should offer their support and try to under-stand the situation without being judgmental.
Nothing substitutes good listening, said Amit Taneja, associate director of the LGBT Resource Center. People who are aware of someone in an unhealthy relationship need to stand by him or her and gently approach the topic instead of shying away from it, he said.
But the media also influences how people act and provides more challenges for couples
to overcome, said Bradley Gorham, associate professor of communications.
Gorham told the audience to think of all the movies and TV shows in which relationship conflicts are wrapped up in a span of one or two hours. The idea that there is no immediate resolution to the problem can be uncomfort-able, he said, but people need to be open to the possibility that resolving relationship conflicts may take all season, rather than just play out in one episode.
Storybook romances like “Beauty and the Beast” give inaccurate ideas about relation-ships, such as the idea that the girlfriend can transform the beast as long as she loves him enough, he said.
Advances in technology, such as social net-working Web sites and iPhones, also put addi-
tional pressures on relationships, Gorham said, because they cross over privacy boundaries. For example, the GPS on the iPhone can track where a person goes, he said.
Claudia Ferguson, a senior biochemistry major, said the discussion helped her become more aware of how she handles her relation-ships.
“The variety of members in the panel was good, and they all gave some kind of beneficial advice,” Ferguson said.
The panel encouraged people to take action and resolve unhealthy relationships.
“We’ve all done good stuff in our life, and we’ve all done bad stuff in our life,” Taneja said. “There is a way to deal with it.”
because I knew I didn’t know everything. As an entrepreneur you try do everything — you wear all the hats in the beginning.”
But without a background in engineering or operations, Bing could not do it alone. He said he wanted to find the best employees to build his business and was unafraid of being outshined.
After 29 years of running the business, Bing passed the reigns to his daughters.
With Detroit facing political corruption and economic instability, Bing spent almost a year debating whether to run for mayor. Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned in September 2008 after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice, according to The New York Times. He served a four-month prison sentence from October to February 2008.
In October 2008, Bing announced he would run for mayor. On May 5, he was elected to serve the remainder of Kilpatrick’s term and was re-elected to a full term Nov. 3. Bing said he is not receiving a salary as mayor.
“My job is to bring this city back,” he said.Bing said he works hard to change the cul-
ture of city government and make Detroit more small business-friendly. He described the chal-lenges facing the Motor City to his audience: a $325 million deficit and more than 70,000 vacant houses in 140 square miles, only half inhabited.
Bing outlined a plan to revitalize the city government by improving what he called anti-quated services and dysfunctional city depart-ments. He expressed common interests between the cities of Detroit and Syracuse, including revival of troubled economies and improve-ments in quality of life for people.
“I believe wholeheartedly that what we are missing today in this country is entrepreneurs,”
he said. “This country was built on the back of small businesses. Somehow, we need to get back to that.”
When the Q-and-A segment began, Gary Ste-fanski, a senior finance major, asked Bing about his plans to level vacant homes, referring to Syracuse’s problem with vacant homes.
“He’s got a tough job ahead of him,” Stefanski said. “Making incentives is going to be tough, but a lot of people will benefit.”
Audience members clapped and laughed at Bing’s jokes and stories and said they enjoyed the speech for its positive tones.
“Dave is extraordinarily inspirational to students,” Chancellor Nancy Cantor said. “He’s conceptualizing problems as opportunities for success. There are so many similarities, on a different scale, between Detroit and Syracuse.”
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kirsten celo | staff photographer nate mcfarland, guitarist for Parachute, rocks out to a fluid rhythm. Parachute was the second headline band of the 2010 Bandersnatch Music Series.
kirsten celo | staff photographer will anderson, lead singer of Parachute, belts out lyrics before a live audience in the Schine Underground Wednesday night.
Feeling the flow Parachute gives fun-loving, feel-good performance with relaxing spring concert
By Alexander JamesStaff Writer
A s a calm breeze blew along Waverly Avenue on Wednes-day evening, students in
summer outfits lined up outside Schine Underground for the latest Bandersnatch concert of the semes-ter. A live show seemed like a proper ending to a long day of nice weather. Featured act Parachute proved to be just what everyone needed — an exciting and interactive rock band playing good, fun music.
The positive vibes from the day carried over into Schine Underground leading up to the show. “It’s a nice break — a nice escape — from the stress of the week,” said senior advertising major Hilary Smith. As the concert began, blue lights beamed down from the ceil-ing, creating a comfortable atmosphere for the night’s acts.
Initially, the crowd didn’t know what to expect from opening act White Picket
Fence. But soon enough, the band’s diverse appearance, crunchy guitar riffs and inventive breakdowns encouraged the audience to clap their hands and move to the rhythm. By the end of the set, White Picket Fence reached a syn-ergy with themselves and the audience, leading to strong applause.
“They were good, for a new band,” said Lizzie Rosin, a freshman in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
During the half-hour break between acts, students sat down on the ground and kicked back, as if it were an outdoor summer show. Soon after, the blue lights dimmed, the crowd broke out into cheer and a resounding “Whatup, Syracuse?” came booming through the speakers.
The lights kicked in and Para-chute broke out with “All That I Am,” the first track from their latest album, “Losing Sleep.” Lead singer Will Anderson stood confidently with his microphone, belting out the song’s
lyrics as the crowd packed close to the stage to sing along.
Parachute embraced the intimacy, as Anderson moved between his keyboard setup and standing micro-phone. The band quickly transitioned into “She (For Liz),” a funky Maroon 5-esque song. Heads bobbed up and down, back and forth as the song cranked up the energy level. Ander-son showed off his versatility, pulling out his red guitar for an end solo that added additional flair.
Crisp drums and clean lead guitar from Nate McFarland led the way as the band changed into “Words Meet Heartbeats.” Here, Parachute dis-played an impressive degree of cohe-sion and unity on stage: Will Anderson sang passionately as the group mem-bers played their respective instru-ments with style and control, always remaining in sync with one another.
Anderson then sat down to his keyboard and slowed the pace down
with the piano ballad “Mess I Made.” Purple lights shone down across the stage as devoted fans in the crowd sang along to the chorus.
A soulful saxophone intro by Kit French led the crowd into “Back Again,” which shifted the show into a higher gear. The band rocked out hard, breaking down into a bridge that had Anderson inviting the crowd to a game of sing-along.
They then kicked into a cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ classic “Refugee.” The song featured excellent guitar work from McFarland, but a lack of crowd participation was a bit surprising and disappointing.
The cover of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” fared much better. A spacey, ambient intro to the song built up the tension as fans joined the singing.
Anderson then took a break in between songs to thank Banders-natch for putting on the show and express his intentions to party and
hang out for the night. Audience members yelled out “Flip Night!” in jubilance, inviting Parachute to share the fun at Faegan’s Café & Pub.
Finally, the band launched into signature hit “She is Love” as front-row dwellers whipped out their iPhones to record the performance.
Parachute wrapped up its set fit-tingly with “Under Control,” which reinforced the band’s structured, cohesive style of performance. Multi-colored lights flickered around the stage as people swayed and danced.
The band exited to resounding cheers, and a successful, enjoyable evening concluded. After Banders-natch brought Miike Snow to Schine Underground last week, Parachute proved to be a great addition to the series’ lineup. With cheery spirits and satisfied expectations, audience members left Schine Underground to a calm spring evening.
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D r. Robert Nichols Jr. has served the Ska-neateles community for more than 30 years in the tradition of his father, who opened the
Nichols Veterinary Hospital after World War II. Nich-ols belongs to the no-nonsense, pragmatic, old-school club of medical professionals from a bygone era.
That uncompromising personality carries through his work and into his personal life. Whether discussing politics, history or football, Nichols is sure to expound and insist upon his views. Despite his gruff shell, Nichols has a deep affection for the people and animals of this town, a sentiment the town
gives right back. Without warning, Nichols will go from accosting and mocking his clients to sharing laughs and embraces.
Likewise, he goes from hefting and herding the animals in his ward to caressing and petting them when no one else is paying attention. Upon first meeting Nichols, one might suspect a budding mis-trust and reclusive personality. However, sustained observation illustrates a more complicated and lov-ing man. As soon as Nichols wanders out of earshot, his long-term clients are quick to wax on about how much more hollow Skaneateles would be without its beloved vet.
Nichols informs tom Walter of the bone cancer in his beloved dog, who would die two months later. nichols often delivers grave news such as this.
MelaNie heNsly assists nichols in surgery on a small dog to remove a growth. nichols disagreed with the surgery, as benign lumps are typically innocuous, in his opinion. he is disturbed by how preoccupied people are with lumps while neglecting less startling but more serious procedures like teeth and ear cleaning.
to weigh a large german shepherd, nichols subtracts his weight from the total on an antique house scale. nichols is not a formal or affected man. he lives life by his own methods and cares very little if others disagree.
after the dog’s wound appeared to clot, nichols moves the animal to the kennel. the flow later resumed, prompting nichols to climb into the kennel with the animal to continue applying pres-sure to the dog’s persistently hemorrhaging wound.
Above: the dog’s wound refused to clot despite many hours of continuous pressure, causing nichols to cringe with frustration. While he can often be short or even antagonistic with people, nichols has great, although masked, affection for his animal charges. Right: nichols applies pressure to a dog’s hemorrhaging wound. While most wounds clot rela-tively quickly, this particular dog bled continually for several hours, losing a large quantity of blood.
Despite rough exterior, Skaneateles veterinarian Dr. Nichols supports community with animal care, kindness
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Y ou really should pop your pills. Well, your prescription pills, that is. If you neglect to ingest the medication you’re prescribed,
you could fall victim to a harsh scolding by your physician or mother, as they now have something more than a mere sixth sense to work off of.
Researchers at the University of Florida have recently announced the birth of the “Tattletale Pill.” This means that in the near future, when you take your meds you just may be swallowing a microchip and antenna, too.
The Tattletale Pill does exactly as its name implies. If you have a younger sibling, the concept should be fairly familiar. The pill basi-cally lurks around, waiting for the subject to follow orders. Whether or not the subject takes his or her prescription, the pill signals to a pre-established list of people who then ensure the pill has been ingested. Thought it was bad when your little sister blew the whistle on you for sneaking out? At least she didn’t have access to an antenna that is capable of immediately notifying everyone you’ve met since kindergarten whether or not
you’ve taken your medication. Even that bully who poked you in the eye with a stick on the play-ground in third grade wasn’t this invasive. Yeah, I’m talking about you, Spencer.
The intended use of this pill is to aid doctors in ensuring patients are taking the proper dosage of medication at the required time. By sending alerts when the pill has not been ingested, it can aid the elderly that may be for-getful at times. After sending too many signals, it could also implicate an individual of abusing prescription pills.
The tattletale concept has materialized into
the smartest pill to ever be subjected to stomach acid. The capsule itself is indistinguishable from an average pill except for the printed label coating it, composed of silver. This acts as the antenna, relaying the status of the pill through signals. Inside the capsule, alongside the prescribed medication, is a miniscule microchip that does the processing. The status is perceived by the microchip and then broad-cast by the antenna to a receiver worn by the subject. This receiver prompts the dispersion of notifi cations to the specifi ed individuals.
Don’t worry, a little stockyard of microchips won’t pile up at the bottom of a consumer’s stomach. The microchips can easily be passed through the digestive track, and the silver label will decompose in the stomach acid. Although early studies have found that trace amounts of silver may be retained in the human body, it is equivalent to no more than what can be ingested by drinking tap water.
I would compare this medical miracle to a human tattletale on speed and steroids, but the
ingestion of the illegal drugs might be diffi cult to mask when armed with a microchip. So I’ll just settle by comparing it with a snitch on his sixth cup of coffee and armed with a megaphone.
The team that is conducting the research and testing for this technological advance con-sists of Rizwan Bashirullah, an assistant pro-fessor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida; Hong Yu, a doctoral student at UF; Chris Batich, a UF materials science and engineering professor; and Neil Euliano, an employee of Gainesville, Fla.-based Convergent Engineering.
So far the Tattletale Pill has been success-fully tested on cadavers and artifi cial human replications. With the successes seen so far, it is speculated that the pill could be ready for consumer dispersion sometime next year.
Jessica Smith is a sophomore information management and technology and television, radio and fi lm major and the technology col-umnist. Her column appears every Thursday
and she can be reached at [email protected].
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By Aaron GouldSTAFF WRITER
The last time Adam Ritchie played a note in the Carrier Dome was for the Sour Citrus Soci-ety and from the top of his bass cabinet — a protected island in the sea of fans rushing the basketball court.
Ritchie and Jesse James, alumni of Syracuse University’s Class of 2003, will return to the very same venue Saturday at 9:05 p.m., this time as members of rock band The Lights Out.
Seven years after graduation, James and Ritchie will play at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational national service fraternity.
“I’ve played at Schine (Student Center), I’ve played at the Landmark (Theatre), but I never got to play at the Dome,” James said. “This is the last piece of the puzzle for me.”
The Boston-based group formed in 2005 and has since performed many high profi le gigs, opening for the New England Patriots’ 2009 sea-son at Gillette Stadium and for bands like Eve 6 and Fountains of Wayne. The band will play a 45-minute set that will feature some unusual song topics that the band members said could be the soundtrack to a bank heist.
“If you’re robbing a bank, running out of the door with the loot, and you jump in your getaway car, this is what you would want playing on the stereo as you were speeding away,” Ritchie said. “We play songs about bounty hunters, guys get-ting killed by volcanoes and love. I don’t know how many bands cover all three of those topics.”
Chris McMurry, a Class of 2003 alumnus and close friend of Ritchie’s while at SU, knew
Ritchie as the long-haired guitar player who loved a hearty late-night feast at the recently closed Doc’s Little Gem Diner and a drink or two at Clark’s Ale House.
“One day we were out on our front porch my senior year when he broke out his guitar and I said, ‘Man, this guy’s talented,’” McMurry said
Ritchie and James didn’t major in music while at SU, but they use the same skills from their day jobs to strengthen the band’s exposure and reputation. Calling on his education in public relations, Ritchie is the band’s publicist and plays lead guitar.
James, the band’s drummer, found his indus-trial design major crucial in designing the group’s Web site, posters and album art. The band also consists of lead singer Rishava Green and bassist Matt King.
James played for two other bands during his time at SU, one of which he thinks may have been a partial cause for one of the most talked about riots in campus history following 1999’s Livingstock.
“I remember driving by and there was smoke and fi re everywhere,” James said. “There was a huge riot that day, and I guess we kind of started it. They never had Livingstock again.”
The two said they are excited to play Satur-day night and visit their old stomping grounds. Whether or not they play on a base cabinet again, they said that Saturday night’s show will pay homage to the school.
“We like jumping off of things, we like run-ning up to people,” Ritchie said. “We will put on a show worthy of the Carrier Dome. We have to rise to that occasion and we’re looking forward to it.”
SU alumni returns to campus with band The Lights Out
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New “Tattletale Pill” ensures patients take medication, whether they like it or not
As the weather warms up, a review of spring seasonal beers is in order. This includes beers that come out around this time of year, as well as other brews that I think fi t better with those sunny days you spend on your porch before the school year ends.
MAGIC HAT VINYL Magic Hat Brewing CompanyVERMONT
5.1 PERCENT ALC./VOL.
$9.99 PER 6-PACK
Magic Hat has been a great brewery over the past few years, and it only gets better as it branches out from its old standby, Number 9. Vinyl is an amber lager, which means it is light in body but dark brown in hue. I certainly tasted the malt, which was fairly heavy but sup-ported with a light hop fl avor. Because of the lager nature of Vinyl, you can really suck down a few. This isn’t a bad thing, however, as it is a wonderful beer and can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime.
OMMEGANG WITTE Brewery OmmegangNEW YORK
5.1 PERCENT ALC./VOL.
$7.99 PER 22-OUNCE
Ommegang Witte can be found at most bars in Syracuse — the brewery is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. — so feel
free to try this beer before you buy it. The Witte is a Belgian-style wheat ale that has spicy and fruity notes to it. You can really enjoy this beer because it’s relatively cheap, full-fl avored and beats the pants off of a lot of other beers that are for sale at places like P&C Foods. Ommegang Witte has a fulfi lling taste, but it really shines with its refreshing balance of hopes and malt. You can also drink a lot of this beer — it’s delicious.
SARANAC RYE IPAThe Matt Brewing CompanyNEW YORK
5.95 PERCENT ALC./VOL.
$7.99 PER 6-PACK
While a rye India pale ale doesn’t nor-mally come across as a spring seasonal, I think it could pass just as easily as the rest. The reason is Saranac’s Rye IPA has a good amount of hop fl avor and is easy to drink, which is the ultimate combina-tion for a sometimes very bitter tasting style. Saranac by no means has the best rye IPA style, but it does a decent job at catering to a bigger market of beer con-sumers. You will smell and taste hops and citrus mostly, which is nice, but then you get to the feel of the beer in your mouth. A real lack of carbonation leaves this beer feeling kind of syrupy, which is gross. I would still suggest you try it, but don’t go out of your way.
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By Sam LittmanSTAFF WRITER
W hen in the midst of an outpouring of brainless studio pictures, scanning the market for fi ne independent releases is always a smart move.
With Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” still enjoying a limited release and the Safdie brothers’ “Daddy Longlegs” coming soon, there’s plenty of reason to favor independent cinema when making plans for the next few Fridays.
‘DADDY LONGLEGS’One of the biggest hits at the 62nd
Cannes Film Festival, the Safdie
brothers’ “Daddy Longlegs,” is an
uncompromising portrayal of family
life that cinema has been without for
far too long. Alternately charming
and heart-wrenching, the picture
achieves a balance of lighthearted
whimsy and brutal frankness so
perfect that it feels slightly uncom-
fortable. The fi lm is set to be released
later this spring.
The immature and grossly irre-
sponsible Lenny (Ronald Bronstein)
is arguably unfi t for fatherhood. He
faces perhaps his greatest challenge
as a parent yet when his two young
sons, Sage (Sage Sokol) and Frey
(Frey Sokol), come to stay for a par-
ticularly hectic two-week stretch.
Falling apart when his
dependents need him most, an
overstressed Lenny begins to make
utterly deplorable and even danger-
ous parenting decisions. As the pic-
ture winds down, Lenny’s ineptitude
is no longer excusable, encouraging
audiences to wonder whether he war-
rants any sympathy at all.
Brutally sincere in its depiction of
a dysfunctional family dynamic, Ben
and Joshua Safdie’s fi lm brilliantly
illuminates the dangers of allowing
oneself to be overwhelmed by his or
her inner child.
Ronald Bronstein, director of the
acclaimed, micro-budgeted “Frown-
land” (2007), is perfect in the fl am-
boyant, occasionally upsetting role of
Lenny. Resembling a skinnier, more
frazzled George Clooney, Bronstein
is a captivating fi gure who warrants
plenty more attention as an actor to
complement the praise he’s received
as a fi lmmaker.
While not quite as devastating as
“You Can Count on Me” (2000), direct-
ed by Kenneth Lonergan, or “The
Squid and the Whale,” (2005) directed
by Noah Baumbach, the Safdies’ fi lm
is one of the most authentic portraits
of maturation being stunted by famil-
ial confl ict. If the Safdie brothers
continue to develop as fi lmmakers,
they will surely be among the bright-
est stars of independent cinema for
years to come.
‘THE GHOST WRITER’Rightfully regarded as one of the greatest living fi lmmakers, Roman Polanski is still near the top of his game at 76 years old. His lat-est picture, “The Ghost Writer,” marks the master’s return to the conspiracy thriller, the sub-genre he helped to redefi ne. In Polanski’s adaptation of Robert Harris’ novel, Ewan McGregor, (whose character is nameless) plays
one of the most sought-after ghost-writers in the publishing world. McGregor’s character is hired to edit and rewrite the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). The Prime Min-ister’s legacy is in danger of being tarnished, with multiple criminal allegations brewing in the media. The ghostwriter is wary of Lang’s potential criminality but could not have dreamed of the mess he unearths during his stay at Lang’s home in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Encounters with Lang’s wife, Ruth(Olivia Williams), and a Harvard
Law School professor named Paul Emmett (Tom Wilkinson) lead the ghostwriter to take on the role of detective as he pieces the sinister puzzle together by himself. Similar to the character of Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) in another Polanski fi lm, “Chinatown,” the ghostwriter is embroiled in a conspiracy too sweeping for any one man to unravel. Yet, his curiosity displaces reason as he delves further and further into the life-threatening web of lies.
The picture is recognizable as the
work of a great fi lmmaker in every respect. Like “No Country for Old Men” and “Zodiac,” it’s a classicallyconstructed thriller that relies on slow-burning intensity to engage its audience. Currently in the process of being sentenced on charges of the rape and sodomy of a 13-year-old girl, Polan-ski is in danger of not being able to make more fi lms. Hopefully this is not his last.
‘THE GHOST WRITER’Director: Roman Polanksi
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan,
Olivia Williams
Rating:
4/5 popcorns
‘DADDY LONGLEGS’Director: Ben and Joshua Safdie
Cast: Ronald Bronstein, Eleonore Hen-dricks, Sage Sokol, Frey Sokol
Rating:
4.5/5 popcorns
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By Andrew TredinnickStaff Writer
Gary Gait applauds flashy play from his team in practice. The head coach of the Syracuse women’s lacrosse has always been one to try something new.
So his players are allowed to do the same. And nine games into their season, Gait and the Orange players feel they are reaping the ben-
efits of his loose prac-tice setting, as it has yielded a free-flowing offense.
The Orange (6-3) has scored in droves
this season. Syracuse is averaging 15.4 goals per game, placing it sixth in the nation through Sunday. And Gait and his players, including star freshman Michelle Tumolo, feel the success on the field is because of their mentality off of it.
“He just doesn’t care what you do,” Tumolo said.
Gait’s non-conformist approach to coaching may seem liberal at times. But the changes he has implemented to his offensive attack couldn’t be more serious. And he’s hoping those changes will help Syracuse defeat Connecticut (7-4) Fri-day at 4 p.m. in Storrs, Conn.
Sure, Gait gives the green light to players like Tumolo to attempt behind-the-back shots in games. But the true effect of Gait’s coaching style has surfaced with regards to how the Orange has been attacking opponents’ goals. Gait has switched up his offense this season to attack goalies more often from behind their own nets.
In certain situations, Gait doesn’t want his players going straight at the goal. With the influx of talent like Tumolo, he has been stress-ing to open up the offense by setting things up behind the net.
“We attack from behind and up top,” Gait said. “That’s something in the past we focused on, attacking from the top, and it’s made a big difference,” Gait said. “It’s made the defenses have to respect us in every area of the field.”
Tumolo has seen success in these behind-
the-net situations. She has been able to turn that practice into production.
Case in point: On Feb. 21 against then-No. 13 Stanford, Tumolo pulled off a behind-the-back shot. And though it was a breakaway rather than an attack from behind the net, it yielded from that same loose mindset Gait has preached to his players. The lesson was learned.
And the crowd was stunned.“If you throw a behind-the-back shot and
miss it, he doesn’t care,” Tumolo said. “He’ll be like, ‘Do it 10 more times until you get it.’”
Gait isn’t coy about his approach. He pro-motes the style of play because he feels it only improves the players. The more things that the players can do, the better the players become.
“At high school my coach cared a little bit more about that stuff,” Tumolo said. “(Gait) teaches us how to do it and they tell me to do all these crazy shots, so maybe you’ll see more during the season.”
Senior Jackie DePetris was able to see a difference in coaching styles between former coach Lisa Miller and Gait.
After Gait’s intimidating presence quickly diminished, veterans like DePetris quickly translated what Gait harped on into positive results.
“When he came in he was a lot more laid-back and easy going,” DePetris said. “You want to work hard for different reasons. Not because you’re worried you are going to get yelled at, but because you want to work hard for him and the team.”
Two decades after creating for himself, Gait is having his most success yet as a coach creat-ing for others. Creating for his players. He conjures up ways to score from the sidelines.
With that, Gait conjures up confidence as well. For his players.
And for himself.“I think it builds a lot of confidence in each
other,” DePetris said. “There’s so many people that can put the ball in the back of the net and can make something happen.
“It’s not just one or two people we’re relying on.”
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Just 9 games in, Syracuse players notice stronger midfield presence
jamie de pould | staff photographergary gait has practiced a free-wheeling offensive style with his players. SU looks to continue this type of attack when it travels to Storrs to take on Connecticut friday.
UP NEX TWho: ConnecticutWhere: Storrs, Conn.When: Friday, 4 p.m.
By Brad KalletStaff Writer
This year is just different for Eileen Finn. The senior defender senses something more about this year’s Syracuse women’s lacrosse team.
The midfield is stronger. The defense is pes-kier. The attack has a multitude of scoring options.
It all adds up to the fact that Finn feels the ninth-ranked Orange has a more balanced team than it has in years past.
But even with all of that, Finn realizes something else. In her last go-round, if the Orange is to make a serious push for the final four, there is one more thing it has to do. Rather, one more thing it can’t do. Syracuse can’t afford to be stagnant on one side of the ball and expect to win.
“Everything has bumped up a notch this year,” Finn said. “But definitely our defense in terms of communication has really taken it upon itself to talk to each other. And the attack-
ers haven’t necessarily gotten better but have balanced out so that you can’t pinpoint one or two people on our attack anymore. All seven people are a threat to score every time.”
The Syracuse attack has been its clear-cut strength over the last several years. With ex-Syracuse star and current volun-teer assistant Katie Rowan complimenting senior attack Halley Quillinan and senior midfielder Christina Dove, the Orange in the last few seasons were never hard-pressed to put goals on the board.
But at times, the defense and midfield strug-gled, exposing weaknesses that ended SU’s sea-sons prematurely.
Such weaknesses, despite the loss of senior defender Lindsay Rogers, seem to be less of an issue this season.
“To be honest I don’t think that our midfield has been what it is this year,” Quillinan said. “Our midfield has been doing a great job off the draw controls and off the ground balls. We
have improved in both of those categories. And I think defensively we are a more senior-led defense this year, which is rare in reference to years past. All over the field we’ve really stepped our game up, including the attack.”
Much of Syracuse’s newfound balance, the team says, is attributed to personal dedication and a renewed sense of motivation.
Despite three highly successful seasons, this current crop of seniors has endured three con-secutive early exits in the NCAA tournament.
Perhaps the most heartbreaking end to a season came in 2008, when the 18-2 Orange fell to No. 1 Northwestern in the final four.
Realizing that it is the group’s last chance to achieve the highest level of NCAA glory, the upperclassmen say they trained harder in the offseason. They fine-tuned their games. After three seasons, these players are fully aware of what they need to do in order to become com-plete players.
“I think a lot of people coming into this
season were obviously disappointed with the past few years and want to keep going further,” Finn said. “So everyone took it upon themselves to improve their personal game in the offseason. They came back ready to go. So I think that each person individually raising their level has made us an all-around great team.”
For Syracuse to be dangerous both offen-sively and defensively, it is imperative that the players take that extra step in their workout and practice regimens. Finn and the other seniors have attempted to ingrain that.
But the seniors also acknowledge that it also takes more than that. It takes a certain kind of mentality – a core philosophy that must go beyond flashy passes and dynamic goals.
“We focus on all areas of the game,” Gait said. “The difference is that we have a lot more seniors and upperclassmen playing on the defensive end of the field, and I think that’s really helped us.”
By Allison Guggenheimer Staff Writer
The myriad of distractions the Syracuse tennis team is facing as its 2010 regular season comes to an end may be the toughest the program has ever faced. It’s just the reality that accompanies the success Luke Jensen’s squad has had this
season. It has passed the
school record of 16 wins in a season with an 18-2 record. It is on a winning streak of 12 match-
es. It is undefeated at home and in the Big East. And the Big East tournament is two weeks away.
But for now, the team maintains that all these things are just that: distractions. No matter what has occurred up until this point, and what is to come, it is at this juncture. And Jensen says SU’s match against Temple this weekend is its only worry.
That’s it.“I haven’t thought about Big Easts at all,”
Jensen said. “I’ve just thought about Temple. I’m so engrossed with learning as much as I can about that other team and their players and learning about how I can prepare these guys. I want to take care of Temple first. And Big East is going to be Big East. I’ve got plenty of time to think about that.”
To gather information about Temple’s play-ers, Jensen has called coaches of other teams that have played Temple. In other cases, Jensen has called coaches of individuals who have faced the Temple players outside of collegiate play. He has had even more difficulty in certain situations because so many of Temple’s players are international — five of the eight women on the team come from outside the states.
They are means to an end that Jensen hopes will enable the Orange to traverse Temple before Big East championships begin.
“They hit with a lot of power,” he said. “Know-ing that, I know we’re going to have to counter with changeups, slices, spins. We can hit with power too, but we don’t want to play the game they want to play. Because we’ve developed all-court players, the first thing that comes to mind is that I want to go out there and play a consistent change-of-pace game. I don’t want to go toe-to-toe with these guys. If we do that, we’ll win.”
With a varied, more hectic style of play in mind for the weekend, the team is going about practice like it would for any match.
One major focus in practice this week has been doubles play. Temple has lost every team match in which they’ve lost the doubles point. In collegiate matches, the doubles team plays its match before the singles team. For SU, like any other team, it is a chance to establish domi-nance early.
And this weekend as the Orange tries to focus on Temple, co-captain Simone Kalhorn believes stressing the doubles could key a win.
“We’re working on a lot of doubles plays, and our aggressive play and competing against each other,” Kalhorn said. “The first doubles point is what gives us momentum going into the rest of the match. That’s where our strength is.”
The Orange has only lost doubles three times this year. Two of those losses came in the team’s only two defeats in dual matches this year.
Aside from the focus on doubles, the Orange is going into this match with the focus of a match in early February.
Jensen wants to make it clear. This is not just a match to get through. But it also is not going
to make or break the attitude of the team for the Big East championship.
Simply, it is a match that the team wants to win because they should win every match. And that’s precisely the mindset co-captain Chris-tina Tan says Jensen wants out of his players.
Every match should be the same. And every match should be a win.
“It’s big, but we still have matches to play after, and we have the Big East tournament,” Tan said. “It would be awesome to finish up with a win, with whatever our record is. It’s a big match but we still have further things to accomplish afterwards.”
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alex pines | staff photographerthe syracuse tennis team will try to add to its program-record 18 wins when it faces temple on Saturday. SU has won 12 matches in a row, dating back to feb. 26.
UP NEX TWho: TempleWhere: Drumlins Tennis CenterWhen: Saturday, 10 a.m.
By Michael CohenStaff Writer
In the bottom of the third inning, Lisaira Dan-iels stood on third base. She turned to her head coach, Leigh Ross, who was standing nearby, and announced that they were going to win.
She was right.Daniels’ triple in the bottom of the sixth
propelled the Orange (17-15, 3-2 Big East) to a come-from-behind win Wednesday to defeat in-
state rival St. John’s, 3-2, in the opening game of its doubleheader. SU scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to win its home opener in conference play. This was the fourth game this season in which Syracuse has trailed by two and battled back to win.
“I can’t even imagine (the team) without (Daniels),” SU head coach Leigh Ross said. “She’s feeling real confident in taking that role as being a leader.”
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Daniels belted a liner that split the out-fielders and went all the way to the wall in right center. She legged out a triple, and freshman Veronica Grant scored the game-winning run.
“I knew (Daniels) was going to get something done,” Ross said. “You knew (Daniels) was going to put us ahead in that game… It’s probably best that we had her in that situation. She was kind of think-ing that all the way through the game anyway.”
The Orange trailed early in this game after giving up a run in each of the first two innings. After that, sophomore pitcher Jenna Caira recovered and gave up just two hits after the second inning, allowing the team to chip away at the deficit.
SU got one back after an infield single by freshman Stacy Kuwik scored Daniels in the bottom of the third.
But the Orange was most impressive in its half of the sixth.
Daniels’ triple was set up by a textbook dis-play of fundamental softball. Sophomore first-
baseman Kelly Saco reached base on a dropped pop fly and ended up at second. A sacrifice bunt moved Saco to third, and a single by Grant sent her home.
Then, Daniels stepped to the plate. “I just keep doing what I do day in and day
out,” Daniels said. “My goal every day is to pick someone up. … I told Roni (Grant) that if she gets on, that’s my fire. That’s what I look for. I get really excited when she gets on base.”
Nonetheless, Ross couldn’t downplay the importance of Saco’s hustle play. She could have just as easily assumed that the fly ball would be caught and jogged toward first, but instead she made the Red Storm pay for its error.
“That’s exactly what we talked about after the game,” Ross said. “We may not be scoring those runs if Saco doesn’t run that out. That was great leadership.”
Wednesday’s comeback fell just one run shy of the largest deficit that the team has overcome this season. In the first game of the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge, the Orange trailed 5-2 after 4.5 innings of play but rallied to beat Campbell, 7-5.
As they’ve said all season, the players con-tinue to be confident each and every time they take the field. Even when they’re trailing.
“St. John’s didn’t come off as very strong to me,” freshman Veronica Grant said. “We just started slow. Being down against a team that we know we have the upper hand against, I had a lot of confidence that we were going to come back.”
However, late-inning comebacks might not be something the Orange wants to get used to. This weekend the team tries to continue its three-game winning streak at home against Providence, a team that has scored more than a quarter of its runs in the sixth inning or later.
“We need to start playing that way as soon as we step on the field, every single minute out here,” Ross said. “I think they kind of needed to hear that. …This team’s kind of a quiet team but they can get sparked up, and that’s okay if it’s at the right time.”
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Daniels’ triple helps SU battle back, outlast rival St. John’s
Despite switch to infield, Grant leads SU to 2-game sweep
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michael rice | contributing photographerveronica grant brushes herself off in the midst of Syracuse’s doubleheader sweep over St. John’s on Wednesday. Grant went 2-for-4 with a home run in the two contests.
By Mark CooperStaff Writer
Veronica Grant didn’t find out until Wednesday morning that she would be playing second base for Syracuse against St. John’s. In the double-header against the Red Storm, Grant moved from her normal position in center field.
Stephanie Watts, SU’s normal second baseman, was unable to play. That meant a quick and unex-
pected turnaround for the freshman Grant. Before Wednesday, Grant had played middle infield in high school. But since arriving at Syracuse, she had not practiced at the position since the summer.
“Before the game started we sat down and had a little chat, and I said, ‘Roni, you’ve done this all your life, you know what you’re doing,’” SU head coach Leigh Ross said.
With the switch, Grant was out of position in the field. But she remained a natural at the plate.
The freshman’s three-run home run in the
fourth inning led the Orange (17-15, 3-2 Big East) to a 6-2 victory in game two against St. John’s (13-18, 2-3), finishing off a sweep of the Red Storm after a 3-2 win in game one. The Syracuse bats gave more than enough run support to freshman Stacy Kuwik, who improved to 4-5 on the season, winning her first start at home in her SU career. Grant did the most damage, finishing with three stolen bases along with the home run.
Syracuse jumped out to a quick start despite the domino effect in the field, scoring two runs in the first even with Watts’ absence. Usual reserve Meghan Boston started in right field — hitting a solo blast in the second to push SU’s lead to three. Lisaira Daniels moved to center and Grant occupied second.
The quick start from the Orange bats allowed Kuwik to settle in amongst the shuffling of posi-tions behind her and shut down the Red Storm hitters.
“It’s always good to have those insurance runs so that you can just keep your mind clear and cool,” said Kuwik, who allowed one earned
run while striking out five. “I knew I just had to get the ball over the plate.”
Syracuse ran into some trouble in the fourth, though. With a runner on first, an Amber Curry chopper to second base caused trouble. The way that Grant fielded the ball shielded first base-man Kelly Saco from receiving Grant’s throw until it was too late. The mistake, combined with another error, led to a St. John’s run.
Ross pulled Grant aside after the inning, making sure that she would not let that play at the new position linger in her mind. Her fresh-man was doubting herself.
“In the outfield they do a lot of talking, a lot of moving each other around,” Ross said. “In the infield, they kind of know each other, so they don’t talk as much. Roni was kind of like, ‘I don’t hear anybody. I don’t know what to do.’”
Ross knew just what to say. For her fresh-man, she wanted to keep things simple. She wanted to keep things clear. All she needed was three more innings.
“I said, ‘Roni, you know what, I just need you to play second base a few more innings,’” Ross said.
“I’ll get you out of here, I promise.”The talk worked. With two on and two out,
Grant drilled a pitch over the right-center field fence — the same place where she hit her first collegiate home run two weeks ago against Buffalo. The home run put Syracuse up 6-1, in a comfortable position with Kuwik in command on the mound.
Finally, Grant had settled in.“You just take the hard swings and you get
the sweet part of the bat,” Grant said. “All I’m usually looking for is just gap shots to move the runners over.”
But even with the pressure gone, she wasn’t done yet.
With just one out to go in the game, Grant snagged a hard-hit ground ball up the middle. She made the off-balance throw to first for the final out.
Her time at second was finally over.A success.Said Grant: “I think I did OK today without
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September. This is the first athletic event held there.
And to add to the excitement, attack Stephen Keogh said the Orange is looking to get a bit of revenge.
“It is cool to be part of the first event there,” Keogh said. “I think we have a chip on our
shoulders going into the game because they were one of the guys to beat us last year. Every-one is looking forward to it.”
Last season the Tigers handed Syracuse one of its two losses when they beat the Orange 12-8 in front of a regular-season record crowd of 22,308. Princeton never trailed in the game. Tiger goalie Tyler Fiorito had 15 saves and held Syracuse scoreless for a 14-minute span toward the end of the game.
Syracuse went on to win nine games in a row
and capture the national championship. And midfielder Jovan Miller made sure to thank Princeton for the strong finish.
“As far as the Princeton thing was concerned last year, we honestly should thank them,” Miller said. “That was a big wake up call for our team. So if anything, I really appreciate them beating us like that.”
But more than just last season, the Syracuse-Princeton rivalry has emerged from decades of lacrosse dominance. The two programs have
faced off in four NCAA title games. They have combined to win 16 of the last 22 championships. Both are now ranked in the top five nationally.
And this year is no different. Though the Tigers are under new leadership for the first time in 23 seasons behind head coach Chris Bates, they have posted tough wins against Johns Hopkins, Hofstra and Penn en route to a 7-1 start.
“You look at the championship banners in each of the stadiums and Syracuse-Princeton went against each other for a number of years and dominated the championships,” Desko said. “This is a game we try to keep on the schedule and it is going to continue to stay that way.”
The excitement is here to stay, as well. Gal-loway was not the only player to let his emotions show. Senior defender Matt Tierney is a native of Montclair, N.J., a mere 10 minutes from the Meadowlands. The lifelong Jets fan has made sure to correct his teammates all week, telling them the new stadium is the New Meadowlands Stadium, not Giants Stadium.
Tierney went to games all the time with his dad growing up. Since college he has attended every Jets-Giants preseason game before head-ing back to school. But this trip to the Meadow-lands will be a bit different.
“I have been going back and forth from the Meadowlands my whole life,” Tierney said. “This will be another great experience at the stadium, but this time I will be a part of the game. I am just glad to be a part of it.”
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matthew ziegler | staff photographerjohn galloway and the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team are excited to break in the New Meadowlands Stadium when they take on Princeton in the Big City Classic on Saturday. The game will be the first event in the recently built sports complex in New Jersey that will house the New York Giants and the New York Jets of the National Football League.
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the field and throwing downfield. That, he said, is the reason for optimism. He said that Mar-rone has changed everything up, giving the defense different looks.
“We’re building on some of the concepts that we did last year,” Marrone said. “So I think we’re ahead of that. … It’s really the progression of the teaching of the quarterback that we’re trying to make sure that we get before we go out there.”
Ryan Nassib has had the time to get accus-tomed to what Marrone wants. And after a year in Marrone’s system, the “progression” Mar-rone refers to is starting to show. Provo credits that as a primary reason for the passing game opening up this spring.
“From what I saw last year, this year is look-ing a lot better in terms of the passing game,” Provo said. “A lot better.”
Last year, quarterback Greg Paulus didn’t have spring ball to get ready for what Marrone wanted to do in the passing attack. But by the end of the season, after a few months under Marrone’s watch, Paulus began playing exactly how some envisioned he would when he arrived at Syracuse. It just took some time.
“Ryan’s been here awhile, he sees what we’re doing, and he’s doing a great job out there,” Provo said. “This is new for everybody, but he’s helping us out and his understanding is allow-ing us to throw the ball downfield more.”
It was widely assumed that Marrone started calling plays against Rutgers and Connecticut, and the results in the passing game showed. Paulus threw for three touchdowns and 438 yards over his final two games. Though Provo wasn’t on the field during those two games due to injury, that’s the type of potential he sees in
this year’s offense. Instead, last season’s offense featured a
fairly conservative passing game full of bubble screens, 10-yard slants and tosses out of the
backfield. But an inability to keep defenses spread out with a downfield passing game meant defenses crept up to the line of scrimmage. Run-ning back Delone Carter compiled 1,048 yards on the ground, but a lot of those yards came against seven- and eight-man fronts.
“You can score touchdowns with short pass-es,” Lemon said. “But you occasionally need some explosion to stretch the defense. And as a receiver that’s what we like, so I can’t argue with that.”
This year, the hope is that by stretching the field, the Orange will also open up the running game and keep opposing defenses honest. It’s not a novel concept, for that is the hope of nearly every football team, both college and pro. But at SU, that formula hasn’t been successful in years.
Despite featuring a quarterback who set some program passing records, none of them were because of a downfield passing threat. Once troubled wide receiver Mike Williams departed midway through the season, defenses
focused on stopping the running game. After Williams left, the Orange had zero passing plays that netted more than 40-plus yards.
Williams is now gone. As is wideout Mike Jones, who abruptly quit the team on March 22, the first day of spring practice. Despite that, Marrone has moved forward with his offense without a hitch. Though SU lost its top receiver and starting quarterback from last fall, it doesn’t seem to have discouraged Marrone from taking the next step with his offense.
Though there are still plenty of screens and slants in his playbook, Marrone appears to have his offense ready to pounce on the opportunities a defense may present to throw downfield. And for Moore, that presents a level of excitement for the offense this spring.
And for him, a little bit of jealousy, too. “I told my guys the other day, I said, ‘Man,
this is the type of offense that you can put some numbers up in,’” Moore said. “I’m a little envi-ous, to be honest with you.”
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danielle parhizkaran | staff photographeralec lemon (15) is entering his second season at Syracuse as the No. 1 wide receiver. Thus far this spring, Lemon, rising junior wide receiver Van Chew and transfer wide receiver Aaron Weaver have served as the primary deep threats in SU’s new offense.
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By Rachel MarcusStaff Writer
Lorraine Hill knows that she will have many opportunities this season to qualify for the NCAA Regional Championships. But that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t want to get it out of the way.
At the Texas Relays last week, Hill’s throw of 42.15 meters in the javelin qualified her for both the Big East Championships and the ECAC/IC4A Championships.
“I’d like to qualify for regionals there,” Hill said. “But I’m not going to get all mentally psyched out about it.”
And with a strong showing in the Arizona State Sun Angel Classic this weekend, Hill can get rid of the pressure facing her by qualifying for regionals with a qualifying throw of 43.45 meters. That’s the number. Hill, along with 16 other Syracuse track and field athletes, will head out west this weekend to compete in the
Tempe, Ariz., meet.The meet follows last weekend’s Texas
Relays, which had mixed results for the Orange. Two athletes placed in the top 10 in their events, respectively, while Hill finished in 12th place in the javelin.
The competition does not figure to get much easier out West this weekend. For the second straight meet, SU will be facing off against some of the nation’s top teams. Still, Syracuse proved last weekend that it can compete with the best of the best. And although this weekend is a competitive warm-up for future races, the team still has lofty goals.
“They got that last (meet) out of the way and now it’s time to get better,” assistant coach Dave Hegland said. “This is a big meet in terms of quali-fying. All this is prep for our postseason meets.”
While Hill is looking to qualify for regionals, senior teammate Jon Buice is just looking to make it out of the meet healthy. After injuring his hip for the second time in as many years, Buice will compete for the first time since the
SU Invitational held in early February.Despite the injury, Buice will compete in
three events — all preparation for the decathlon that he will participate in later this season. Before the injury, Buice, like Hill, was one SU’s top performers on the season.
“It’s not an injury that is hindering my performance,” Buice said. “I just have to get through it.”
Hill, meanwhile, knows what to expect under the Tempe heat. After being back in Syracuse for just two days, she heads out West for the sec-ond straight weekend, knowing what to expect in a big meet like this.
In years past, SU has started the outdoor season with smaller competitions. But this year, the team has opened the season with three big meets on the West Coast.
“We want to get our feet wet,” Hill said. “We got thrown in with the best and did well consid-ering it was our first time out on the West Coast.
“Some people come out and compete better in big competition.”
After some early intimidation in Texas, Hill went out and had a throw of 42.15 meters, good for 12th place among tough competition.
This weekend, Hill hopes her throw is good enough to qualify for regionals.
Even though it’s only the fourth meet of the outdoor season and the first for many of this weekend’s competitors, the meet will provide good practice while allowing SU to face top competition. That’s important for meets later this season.
“Every meet from here on out gets more and more important,” Hegland said.
For Hill, she goes into this meet knowing what to expect. But that doesn’t make the com-petition any easier. Still, some good competition may be what this team needs as it prepares for meets later on this season, especially the Big East championships.
Said Hill: “As long as we have good competi-tion there is no reason why we shouldn’t have good results.”
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Hill looking to qualify early for Regionals at Sun Angel Classict r ac k a n d f i e l d
UP NEX TWhat: Sun Angel ClassicWhere: Tempe, Ariz.When: All day Saturday
After recovering from injury, Buice to compete in 1st meet since FebruaryBy Zuri Irvin
Contributing Writer
Jon Buice still can’t stand running. “Seriously,” Buice said. “I hate it. I am not
the swiftest person at all, but the 1500s, those kill me.”
After tearing the labrum in his right hip in a high jump leap last season, the senior pentath-lete is still trying to find his groove.
Three months of rehab, one summer surgery, and a hurdle re-injury later, Buice is still trying to get back to full strength. With much more time for competing and far less as a spectator, Buice will take part in his first outdoor competi-tion – his first overall meet since February – this weekend at the Arizona State Sun Angel Relays.
Though there might be occasional pain, Buice is not willing to classify the injury as a hindrance. Still, with the 60-meter dash, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump, the hurdles and the 1,000 meters, any given week-end can be a strenuous test for a rehabbing pentathlete.
With Buice currently at about 75 percent, assis-tant coach Dave Hegland was proud of the progress he has seen from him since the winter months.
“Now that he’s healthy, he’s looking forward to get down there and doing some good things,” Hegland said. “Everybody has to get comfortable. A lot of this prep is for our postseason meets.”
The meet looked at with perhaps most urgency is the Big East Outdoor Championships starting on April 30. Buice is looking to take first place in the decathlon and recapture the formula for success that he found last season. Buice broke his own school heptathlon record as junior last February in a second-place per-formance at the Big East Championships with a
total of 5,399 points. “That was overwhelming,” Buice said. “It’s
strange, you train for these types of things but you may never, ever have a perfect day. But I had pretty close to a perfect day. When you put it all together, it couldn’t of been better.”
Buice does not view the transition from seven to 10 events as a drastic one. Instead, he is mostly concerned with all the running involved. Long-distance running in particular should test his healing leg, but Buice maintains a certain level of understanding.
“It’s not that I look at it to beat it (the 1,500 meters), it’s just it’s the last event,” Buice said. “It’s not hard to finish, it’s just terrible exercise. It’s all endurance.”
Perseverance is not a foreign concept to Buice, who has seen the field just once during his final year. Reflecting on his career at SU and looking forward to any possible benchmarks for the remainder of his senior season, Buice is able to keep everything in perspective.
“I just want to make coach happy,” Buice said.
Assistant coach Enoch Borozinski was a multi-event athlete himself and won an NCAA national championship as a decathlete at
Nevada-Reno in 1994. With his players currently holding 10 school records in field events, Buice understands the opportunity in front of him.
Borozinski, however, will not be the only happy coach if Buice can bring home another Big East title and break the decathlon record.
SU head coach Chris Fox has seen Buice
grow from a “scrawny” high school high-jumper into a dominant multi-event force, and is excited to see what he can do in the upcoming meets.
“He’s put a lot of work in the weight room,” Fox said. “He’s a tough kid, and definitely the type you want in your program.”
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SP ORT S pa g e 2 8the daily orange
By Rachel SternStaff Writer
Before Syracuse head coach John Desko could even get the words out, booming claps filled the air.
It was Tuesday afternoon and game day was four days away, but
Orange goal-tender John Galloway could not hold in his excitement. As Desko spoke about christen-ing the new
Meadowlands against an old rival, Galloway walked off to practice with an extra hop in his step and some noise to go with it.
“I think the guys are excited to play in the new facility and against a team that beat us by four goals last year,” said Desko, as Galloway’s claps rang in the background during a midweek press conference. “We are playing in a professional venue against one of the two teams that beat us, so guys are ready to go.”
This excitement will be on full dis-play when No. 3 Syracuse (7-1, 2-0 Big East) heads down to East Rutherford, N.J., to take on No. 4 Princeton (7-1, 3-0 Ivy League) on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the New Meadowlands Stadium. The second Big City Classic will pit two lacrosse powerhouses against each other in dramatic fashion. The stage will be the new stadium the New York Giants and Jets will share when the NFL season kicks off in
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Double duty Lisaira Daniels (above) and Syracuse sweeps conference rival St. John’s in a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. Page 21
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UP NEX TWho: PrincetonWhere: East Rutherford, N.J.When: Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
danielle parhizkaran | staff photographeraaron Weaver (87) and the Syracuse offense is learning a new offensive system under head coach Doug Marrone in spring practice. Without an offensive coordinator, Marrone is implementing a more pass-friendly playbook of his own in preparation for the 2010 season.
With Marrone calling shots, SU looks to implement deep passing attack
GoingLONG
By Andrew L. JohnaSSt. SportS eDitor
W hen Aaron Weaver came to Syra-cuse, he didn’t expect to be lining up in four-receiver formations
with a tight end flanked to the far right. After watching the Orange football team from afar last season, how could he?
Just four months after SU concluded a season when it finished last in the Big East in passing yardage per completion, the Orange opened spring practice on March 22 with a clear emphasis on stretching the field and making the “big play” downfield. And after two and a half weeks of practice, players like Weaver are loving the transformation.
“I’m really excited,” said Weaver, who transferred from Hofstra during the offsea-son. “There are a lot of plays where we have deep routes, and as a receiver, you always want to beat the defense deep. And there are a lot of opportunities in this offense to do that.”
First-year receivers coach Rob Moore played football at Syracuse from 1986-90, but he never played in an offense that stretched the field. As a former receiver, he wishes he would have. The former NFL pro-bowler said having a downfield passing threat is the key to a well-balanced offense. And that’s one of the things that the Orange coaching staff has emphasized all spring.
“I loved the offense that we ran,” Moore
said. “But this offense really caters to your ability as a wide receiver to make plays down-field.”
The idea of having tight end Nick Provo flanked on the outside helps cater to the new philosophy head coach Doug Marrone has instilled this spring. There, he can block on screens and running plays or simply stay put, allowing No. 1 receiver Alec Lemon and Weaver to have a “free release” and get into their routes quicker. But on occasion, even Provo will run a deep route from the outside.
Lemon said the success of having a bal-anced offense that consistently moves the ball and scores will be dependent upon stretching
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