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THURSDAYapril 18, 2013
A NEED FOR FACILITY FUNDING
THERE IS A SMALL LOUNGE THE SIZE OF AN OPEN-DOUBLE DORM
AND A SMALL COMPUTER LAB WITH EIGHT DELL COMPUTERS
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Words of wisdomThe Monk brings its funk-rock fusion sound up to The Westcott Theater on Wednesday night. Page 13
I N S I D E S P O R T S
Cool draftFormer Syracuse defensive end Deon Goggins trains with some of the NFL’s best, and tries to come to terms with his draft stock. Page 24
I N S I D E O P I N I O N
Limiting speculationAssumptions made by citizens and media following tragedies and concerning attackers should be curtailed. Page 5
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Pay it forwardArea hospitals are raising awareness about organ donation for National Donate Life Month. Page 3
By Dara McBrideDEVELOPMENT EDITOR
Homophobia is “an everyday experi-ence” for Syracuse University student-athletes, according to findings from SU’s Committee on LGBT Concerns.
At Wednesday’s University Senate meeting, the committee presented its annual report, which addressed homophobia in athletics, along with updates to Health Ser-vices, health coverage and gender-neutral housing.
“One of the issues that we looked at very deeply this semester was the
By Dara McBrideDEVELOPMENT EDITOR
The Syracuse Athletic Department — not the university — should bear the $7.5 million exit fee of leaving the Big East conference, said members of the university’s budget committee.
Syracuse leaves the Big East con-ference to join the Atlantic Coast Con-ference this summer.
WHAT IS USEN?University Senate is an academic governing body with powers such as proposing various policies, approving new curricula and rec-ommending faculty for promotion. The Senate meets once a month on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in Max-well Auditorium.
Behind theAs the Renee Crown University Honors Program continues to add more students, it has struggled with limited facilities. The program is housed on the third floor of Bowne Hall, and the space consists of several academic offices, two classrooms, a small computer lab and a lounge.
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STUDENTSENROLLED IN HONORS,By Stephanie Bouvia and
Liz SawyerSTAFF WRITERS
P ush the students. Push the program.
This remains the focus of the Renee
Crown University Honors Pro-gram at Syracuse University.
People familiar with the program agree it’s demanding. “The honors program is not for everybody, and it’s not for every wonderful student,” said Found-ing Director Samuel Gorovitz.
The honors program is designed for students who are looking for a unique — albeit intensive — educational experi-ence, Gorovitz said. And though the capstone project has been criticized for its difficulty in the past, Gorovitz said he has seen the benefits students have gained in completing it.
“The people who complete the honors program typically go through stages of terror, suffering, despair, exhaus-tion and over and over again say afterwards, ‘It’s the single most rewarding thing I’ve ever done,’” he said.
Despite revamping the pro-gram eight years ago, those involved say there are still changes that can be made to its resources to improve stu-dents’ experiences.
Director Stephen Kuusis-to said he wants to focus on improving three main facets of the program: student diversity and accessibility, inadequate facilities and funding opportu-nities available for scholars.
Kuusisto, who has been blind since birth, is a strong
advocate for disability stud-ies, and has spent the majority of his career helping to build interdisciplinary programs across the country. He would like to see SU move in this direction, he said, by first making the honors facilities ADA-accessible. These are public accommodations for students who are mentally or physically disabled, in line with the Americans with Dis-abilities Act.
Although the student demo-graphics of the honors program reflect SU’s overall enrollment, Kuusisto said he wants to explore new ways to continue diversifying the program. One way the program has tried to increase diversity, he said, is by inviting students from the POSSE Foundation — a col-lege access and youth leader-ship development group that offers full-tuition scholarships to promising inner-city high school students — to join the honors program at SU.
The POSSE Foundation allows students who might be overlooked by traditional college selection processes for various reasons the chance to pursue academic
CurveAs enrollment increases, honors program looks to expand opportunities for students
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Athletic fees spark discussion
Committee reports on homophobia
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We need much more space for the quality of the education and intellectual activity students are currently engaged in.”
Stephen KuusistoDIRECTOR OF THE HONORS PROGRAM
HONORABLE MENTION
Editor’s Note: This series explores how the Renee Crown University
Honors Program has changed since its overhaul in 2005, and where
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WOMEN’S LACROSSEvs. Notre DameWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Carrier Dome
TRACK AND FIELDCortland ClassicWhen: TBAWhere: Cortland, N.Y.
FOOTBALLSpring GameWhen: NoonWhere: Carrier Dome
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In an April 15 article titled, “SU recognizes ASL as official language class,” the details regarding changes in American Sign Lan-guage courses were misstated. ASL courses had not officially been approved as new courses until the University Senate meet-ing Wednesday. The School of Education is still the only college at Syracuse University that officially accepts ASL as a foreign lan-guage. Faculty also are not being hired for ASL courses at the moment. The article has been updated to reflect these changes.
The Daily Orange regrets these errors.
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By Joshua DermerCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Superintendent Richard Johns announced his leave from the Liver-pool School District in an open letter to teachers, students, parents and community members on March 26. The reason, he stated in the letter, was that he needs a new heart.
“If it was of my own choosing I would certainly perform my job for many more years. However, factors have emerged which will not allow me to do so,” he said in the letter.
Johns is one of 800 patients in the Central New York region waiting to receive an organ transplant, said Rob
Kochik, executive director of Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network.
For National Donate Life Month in April, hospitals across the country have been promoting awareness, edu-cation on organ donation and work-ing to expand the donor registry.
“There are not a lot of public announcements about organ dona-
tion in New York, which is why we try to raise awareness in our area,” said Kate Mitchell, head of the Donate Life campaign at Upstate Uni-versity Hospital. “It’s an awareness issue, but we’re making progress.”
The 2012 census report states 19 percent of New York residents ages 18 and older are registered organ
donors, according the New York Organ Donor Network’s website. The national average is 43 percent.
But in Central New York, the current average is 26 percent, Mitchell said.
In honor of National Donate Life Month, Finger Lakes Donor Recov-ery Network officials will host a new fundraising event to connect donors with recipients called, “Giving and Receiving the Gift of Life: The Full Circle of Caring” on Friday at Strong Memorial Hospital.
“We haven’t done an event quite like this before,” said Kochik, of the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network. “We invited donor
By Maggie CreganSTAFF WRITER
Several Syracuse University stu-dent organizations will be sell-ing white ribbons, wristbands and pins this month as a part of a community-wide awareness campaign against domestic and sexual violence.
The White Ribbon Campaign is an international, male-led campaign against domestic, sexual and rela-tionship abuse.
“By wearing a white ribbon, you pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about domestic or sexual violence,” said Paul Ang, a student co-chair of the
White Ribbon Campaign.Students will continue to
spread awareness about domes-tic violence by selling ribbons, wristbands and pins all month. The Hall of Languages was also lit purple, the traditional color of domestic violence awareness, from April 9-13.
Students can buy white ribbons or wristbands for $1 or heart pins for $5 at the Schine Student Cen-ter and campus dining halls. Vera House’s White Ribbon Campaign lasts for 10 days, from April 12-21.
The campaign started in Can-ada in 1991 after an anti-feminist
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DONATE LIFERegistration to become an organ donor can be completed online on the New York State Department of Health website and New York State Department of Motor Vehicles website. Alternatively, those interested can print, sign and send hard copies of forms to the health department, DMV or Board of Elections.
Source: http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/patients/donation/organ/
By Dylan SegelbaumASST. COPY EDITOR
It’s unclear when — or if — five Syracuse University students will be able to move back into their house on Ostrom Avenue this school year after a fire broke out inside it on Tuesday.
“The house is pretty messed up,” said Corey Gibson, a senior market-ing management major who was in the house when the fire started. “I think we’re looking at some time before we can get back in.”
The owner of the house, Jim Medcraf, couldn’t be reached for comment.
The fire broke out on the second floor of 773 Ostrom Ave. at about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday and spread to the attic. A district chief in the Syracuse Fire Department said no one was in the house when the fire started, though Gibson said he was home at the time.
By Shelby NetschkeSTAFF WRITER
At 3 p.m. on Thursday, about 22 stu-dents will become homeless.
The students, who are enrolled in SPM 101: “Personal and Social Responsibility,” are camping out on the Quad from 3 p.m. on Thursday until 8 a.m. on Friday as a part of the Cardboard Campout campaign, start-ed by the Syracuse Rescue Mission. They will also be accepting donations of personal care items to benefit the men in the Rescue Mission shelters.
Jeff Pauline, the professor who teaches SPM 101, said the personal responsibility aspect of the class focuses on adjusting to college and becoming independent, while the social responsibility aspect focuses on the students’ roles in their com-munity and society.
“[This class is] trying to get young people to understand that their place in the world is above and beyond just themselves,” Pauline said.
The campout is an attempt to get students involved in the local com-munity, he said, as well as recognize
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RAHEEM MACK, men’s outreach program assistant coordinator at Vera House, gives a presentation Wednesday at E.S. Bird Library as a part of the White Ribbon Campaign, a male-led, monthlong effort to raise awareness about domestic, sexual and relationship abuse.
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Remaining movie prospects for 2013 expected to trump year’s previous releases
T he sun’s finally shining in Syracuse and the temperature has been hover-ing somewhere above sub-arctic. But
it’s not just the weather that’s looking up. Movie prospects are finally getting good.
It’s time to be honest. The films of 2013 have been pretty disappointing so far. “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” seri-ously? I admit to wanting to hate-watch it, but it’s sad that mocking a film is the only reason to go to the cinema lately.
The top five grossing movies of the year are “Oz The Great And Powerful,” “The Croods,” “Identity Thief,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “Olympus Has Fallen.” That group has produced nothing that can make a college student shell out at least $10. One is a family movie and the others are so forgetful, they’re worth the wait for DVD release. Bruce Willis and the G.I. sequel aren’t going anywhere.
Luckily, this week, four trailers were released that will actually return our faith and hard-earned cash to theaters. Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards brought cool peaks into “Iron Man 3,” “Star Trek Into Darkness” and “Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” while the newest “Man of Steel” trailer was released Tuesday.
After a 1-2-3-4 punch like that, 2013 offi-cially has more than just a glimmer of hope.
The “Into Darkness” and “Iron Man 3” trailers provide everything a solid summer movie should. Although it’s not intellectually elevated, there are the expected explosions, narrow attempts at escape and enticing fight scenes to get people into theaters.
As the follow-up to blockbuster gold – 2009’s original “Star Trek” and last year’s “The Avengers,” respectively — it’s impossible for these trailers not to whet people’s appetite.
The “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” trailer packed as big of a punch as “Into Dark-ness” and “Iron Man.” This is a franchise with a built-in, sprawling teen fan base. But the movie looks dark, intelligent and surpris-ingly realistic for a futuristic dystopic society.
Thankfully, there’s even more of heart-throb Liam Hemsworth in the sequel’s trailer than there was of him in the entire original “Hunger Games.”
These three films raise the stakes in a way fellow sequel “G.I Joe: Retaliation” failed to do. “Into Darkness” “Iron Man 3,” and “Catching Fire” took the charac-ters that viewers already loved and made their obstacles bigger and the villains even more devious. “G.I. Joe” failed to feature Channing Tatum and instead focused on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Bruce Willis.
The “Man of Steel” reboot, on the other hand, has created a fresh new chapter for Superman. The newest trailer features classic Superman tropes like the red cape and classic “S” symbol, but elevates the character to a new, thoughtful level.
Reboots are only necessary if they’re adding to the mythology of an old story in a meaningful way. This trailer proves that “Steel” producer and “Dark Knight” master-mind Chris Nolan is back to his old superhero tricks in the best way possible.
These movies, as opposed to their 2013 counterparts, also have a name behind them that audiences trust. Critics panned James Franco’s portrayal of the wizard in “Oz,” and no one remembers the team behind “Olympus Has Fallen.”
But J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”), the Marvel team (“Iron Man 3”), Oscar-winning Jennifer Lawrence and Nolan are all people to put your faith in. They’re not simply good at what they do, they’re visionaries.
It’s actually quite poor timing. Just when you were ready to hit the Quad, Hollywood is about to drag you back inside the theater for a few more hours.
Ariana Romero is a junior magazine journalism and political science major.
Her column appears every week. She can be reached at [email protected] or fol-lowed on Twitter at @ArianaRomero17.
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the one that got away
A ‘til-death-do-us-part commitment is a concept I can’t yet wrap my 18-year-old mind around. Finding a spouse is
something I find myself too young to consider. And yet, marriage and youth are the
focus of a letter to the editor of Princeton University’s The Daily Princetonian, aimed at female students like myself. In this letter, Susan Patton, a 1977 PU alumna, expresses a strong point of view: “Find a husband on campus before you graduate.”
The message of the letter is partially about class and status. Find your intellec-tual equal at an Ivy League school because, according to Patton, “you will never again be surrounded by this concentration of men who are worthy of you.”
Although her letter is addressed to the women of the Ivy Leagues, its message has rever-berated nationally across university campuses.
This message is one all high-achieving col-lege women, whether at Harvard or Syracuse University, should actively ignore.
Harvard Crimson staff writer Nicole Levin satirically responded to Patton in, “Advice for the Young Women of Harvard,” published on The Harvard Crimson’s website April 11.
Even a student supposedly in the same league as a Princeton student humors Patton.
“So freshman ladies, put on your high-est heels, three shades of blush and your girdle, then skip class and loiter around campus all day looking presentable,” Levin writes. “Sit in the library, the gym or Annenberg and remember to look the part of a ‘lady’ as you catcall those fresh-man boys.”
We are young, and upon entering college, we are at the pinnacle of youth. Mistakes are supposed to be made, especially regarding love. Why revert back to the former 19th-century standard that college is all about finding “the one?”
What’s the rush?During our college years, we are setting
ourselves up for the real world. Academically, we are preparing for post-college careers. Socially, we create lasting friendships — and maybe relationships — if we find someone who is right.
But there should be no stress in this jour-
ney. We should keep our options open and explore. We date, face rejection, cry, smile and feel lighthearted when we find new romantic prospects.
We are lucky enough to have close friends and an abundance of distractions — like stimulating classes and extracurricular activities — to make romantic rejection easier to overcome.
Finding “the one” is especially challenging in a large university setting teeming with thousands of students.
The task is a bit daunting. Indeed, SU is a school with a history of love
— and marriage — built into the university. Legend surrounds the Kissing Bench outside of The Hall of Languages: If two people kiss while sitting on the stone bench, they will eventually marry.
It is also common for couples who meet at the university to marry at Hendricks Chapel.
Regardless, I don’t anticipate that I will meet my future husband around every bend. I gave up that “typical freshman” ideal the second month of school.
As a generation defined by individualism and innovation, we don’t need to fall prey to society’s continuing focus on marriage as an institution that defines us.
Ultimately, we must determine who we are as individuals before we join each other in matrimony.
It is OK for love to be the subtext, not the main storyline, of these four years.
I mean the closest I’m getting to marriage these days is the “Weddings” category on Pinterest. Until I figure out who I want to be, I’d like to keep it that way for a while.
Anna Hodge is a freshman magazine jour-nalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at [email protected] and
followed on Twitter at @annabhodge.
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College should be time to take chances with relationships, not find soul mate
When walking around the Schine Student Cen-ter or the Quad, you’ll hear students complain-ing about professors who can’t teach, the high cost of tuition and an environment that doesn’t promote the learning of skills useful to life and to careers.
Yet how many, if any, of those students try to tackle these issues?
Often, these large problems seen at univer-sities across the country are automatically pushed upon student organizations or activist groups to solely deal with while every other
student on campus can sit safe in their dorm and gripe without putting any of the work in.
What students don’t realize is that when only a small number of students attack an issue, say transparency with tuition, absolutely nothing is going to happen. As individuals, we need to stop being com-placent with the status quo and stop being
more concerned about that night’s party or social event than the main reason behind coming to college: to get an education.
Change is difficult, especially at an institution with such a large red tape bureaucracy. It’s easy to get discouraged, easy not to try in fear of failure. While it is difficult to invest time and personal stake into changing this university, it is possible and it is worthwhile.
In order for change to happen on cam-pus, students need to act. You don’t need
a position of power to instigate change, you just need the unwavering desire to do so. It may seem like you have no voice, but silence is a choice. Band together and speak out. Stop complaining about the present and start working toward what you want to see in the future. Never forget that we pay their checks, we fill their class-rooms and we bring this university to life. We have all the power, now we must use it.
Emily Ballard and Sawyer CresapPOLICY STUDIES MAJORS, CLASS OF 2015
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Student activist groups should not be solely responsible for making change
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Political interests prevailLiberal columnist David Swenton expresses disappointment in the U.S. Senate for not passing an amendment proposing expanded background checks for gun buyers, despite public support for the measure.
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T echnology proved to be a vital link between individuals in the aftermath of the bombing at the
Boston Marathon on Monday that killed three and injured more than 140 people.
Though some cellphone services were temporarily blocked due to heavy traffic within the Boston network, according to a Huffington Post article on April 15, social media sites like Twit-ter and Facebook allowed people to con-nect with their friends and loved ones, and show their support for the city.
Although this incident has left many stunned and horrified, it has also brought out the best in thousands of good Samaritans who opened their hearts to the wounded. Hashtags like #PrayForBoston began trending, and tweeters shared links to organizations like the Red Cross along with their mes-sages of support.
Comedian Patton Oswalt wrote a particularly moving passage on his Facebook page that was shared more than 250,000 times on the site.
Google’s People Finder website, which was accessed more than 54,000 times and has now been rendered inactive, proved to be one of the most valuable resources that emerged as people scrambled to find each other after the blasts.
People were also able to locate loved ones by identifying microchips inside runners’ bibs, or shoes that tracked runners’ times and allowed supporters to follow them by text or email, reported USA Today on April 16.
Two Boston-based tech companies, Technology Underwriting the Greater Good and Fundraise.com, have extend-ed their support by setting up an online fundraiser with the goal of gaining more than $100,000 to help the injured. As of press time, nearly 80 percent of that goal has been raised so far.
The incident has also propelled the rapid spread of misinformation as jour-nalists and citizens alike scrambled to put the pieces together.
Many media outlets originally reported that cellphone services had been blocked by the police in case a remote detonator or cellphone had
set off the bomb. But spokespeople for Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless said there had been no such requests, according to The Huffington Post.
Some sinister individuals decided to take advantage of the atrocity to scam tweeters out of their money. The fraudu-lent account, @_BostonMarathon, tweeted messages such as, “For every retweet we receive, we will donate $1 to the #BostonMarathon victims #Pray-ForBoston,” but was swiftly taken down by Twitter.
Jaimie Muehlhausen, a Californian man, decided to help stave off conspir-acy theory opportunists by squatting on the domain name www.bostonma-rathonconspiracy.com, saying he felt it was “the right thing to do,” as reported Slate.com on April 16.
Although we have seen many down-sides to the rapid spread of information that today’s technology has allowed, the outpouring of affection by the global community has shown how quickly pro-social behavior can be mobilized, as well.
Both the media and public seem to be reacting to this event somewhat differ-ently than to past threats of this nature. While many have criticized the spread of misinformation, this same technol-ogy has allowed the global community to come together in compassion.
Technology may have changed a lot about the way we share our lives, but at the core of it, we are the same. Those who use it for the public good will be rewarded, and public shame awaits those who act with negligence, malice and contempt.
Kat Smith is a senior creative advertising major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at kesmit11@
syr.edu, on Twitter at @Whatever-Kat or by telepathy, if possible.
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Social media, Internet play critical role in aftermath of Boston attack
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On Monday, Boston became another name on a growing list of towns and cities destroyed by an act of terror.
Boston joins Newtown, Conn.; Aurora, Colo.; and New York City as locations now associated with a moment of fear, loss and suffering.
But there is an important distinction between each of these sites: The unfathomable terror that shook each location was not com-mitted by one common attacker.
In Aurora’s movie theater shoot-ing and Newtown’s elementary school shooting, the attacker was American. In New York, foreign attackers with motives against the United States brought down the twin towers.
It has been proven that there is no clear way to distinguish who is capable of bringing terror to this country and others. Yet even after the bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, media
and many individuals began finger-pointing.
After the attack, law enforce-ment officials searched the apart-ment of a Saudi Arabian man in his 20s who was at the race. He became the subject of discussion on several news outlets’ live broadcasts in the context of suspicion. The man has now been ruled as a witness, not a suspect, as reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday.
After the Sept. 11 attacks and other acts of terror committed against the United States by Islamic extremists, it has become commonplace in media and societal discourse to draw this conclusion.
But in searching for an answer to who caused the bombing, many
media pundits denounced right-wing American groups, as well.
No matter who committed the crimes against Boston on Monday, the finger-pointing must end. It is important to limit speculation and instead await the truth.
This is a concept that should be carried with each individual in all aspects of life, as learning must come before making assumptions. Getting the facts correct is more important than receiving poten-tially false information first, a lesson media should learn, as well.
Attending a marathon joins the other conceptually normal activities of life — like going to the movies or school — that have been devastated by an act of terror. But because it is impossible to categorize and predict who will commit these isolated acts, we must continue to fearlessly board planes, enter classrooms and run 26.2-mile marathons.
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the global significance of homelessness. Pauline said the class’ involvement in the project started
when representatives of the Rescue Mission approached him about being a part of their campaign.
In addition to the campout, Pauline said, donation bins around the Quad will collect
small personal care items, such as toothbrush-es, toothpaste, deodorant and soap.
“I joke with my students, ‘Hopefully you brush your teeth every day,’ but we don’t neces-sarily think about having a toothbrush and toothpaste to actually do that,” Pauline said.
The donations will benefit the men who stay at the Rescue Mission shelter and are in need of these items. He said there will be care items available to purchase for donation for interested passers-by.
Marketing director of the Rescue Mission, Liz Poda, said the idea behind the Cardboard Cam-pout is to help different groups understand what it’s like to be homeless for a night,.
Last year, the Rescue Mission served more than 10,300 individuals and more than 250,000 meals. But beyond beds and meals, Poda said, the Rescue Mission works with homeless indi-viduals and families to help them move forward and become independent from the shelters.
Poda said she hopes that through activities like the Cardboard Campout, people will become aware of the services available to the homeless.
Fardan Farrakhan, a senior political sci-ence major participating in the campout, said he doesn’t expect students who see the group
sleeping on the Quad to immediately take action to help the homeless. But he said he hopes it can change the way some students perceive the issue.
For the students in the class, the idea of actu-ally completing this task had a certain shock value, he said, but nobody seemed to respond negatively to it.
“It’s different. We all want to experience it because it’s so different,“ he said. “It’s humbling. It gives you a better sense of what (homeless people) go through.”
Farrakhan said the class is an experience with-in itself because it addresses and analyzes issues people don’t usually talk about.
“I think the fact that Dr. Pauline is making us do this is phenomenal,” Farrakhan said. “Going through a school like Syracuse, where 80 percent of the school is wealthy, for most people, this isn’t at the top of their bucket list.”
Based on the feedback the students get on Thursday, Pauline said he hopes to do the event again next year.
Said Pauline: “The big thing that (students) can take away is that they can actually have an impact on our community in a positive way.”
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The Syracuse University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the entire university shouldering the cost of the move during its Jan-uary meeting.
How the university should cover SU’s move to the ACC was included in the annual report from the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee, and caused the most discussion during Wednes-day’s University Senate meeting at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. It was the final meeting for the 2013-14 academic year.
The athletics program will make money from its annual conference payout, which comes from conference television contracts, the committee argued.
At a time when SU is financially challenged, “asking the entire university to bear the cost of the exit fee so that coaches’ salaries and facilities for athletics may be improved does not align with the core academic mission of the Uni-versity,” according to the committee’s report.
At Wednesday’s meeting, several senators spoke up to disagree with the decision of the board. Senators supported the committee’s recommendation and approved a resolution for the Senate to back the athletic department covering the cost.
Committee chair Craig Dudczak presented the report and said the decision to disagree with the board was not made lightly.
“It may be that our recommendation to the trustees just becomes that: a recommendation. But it is important for us to honestly voice our differences,” Dudczak said.
Robert van Gulick, a member of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee, introduced a resolution for the entire Senate to recommend the university not directly or indirectly subsi-dize the cost of conference transition.
“We’re told that this decision has been made and we think it’s the wrong decision,” Van Gulick said.
He said this is a matter the athletic depart-ment should handle, especially since the it will be the one benefiting from the move. The ath-letic department will receive a regular payout from the ACC that is far larger than it has been receiving from the Big East, he said.
Van Gulick also noted that SU schools and colleges already indirectly subsidize the athletic department by paying the full cost of athletic scholarships, a cost of approximately $16 million per year.
Other senators, such as history professor David Bennett, said the exit fee will be a burden the athletics department should share.
“Intercollegiate athletics should not be a burden on the academic budget,” Bennett said.
The board believes the entire university will benefit from the move to the ACC, said Dick Thompson, chairman of the board, in a state-ment Wednesday following the Senate meeting.
“In just a few years, the annual increases in new ACC revenue that will be returned to the
University’s academic and auxiliary centers via budget redistribution will exceed the total cost of the exit fee,” Thompson said.
At the Senate meeting, Lou Marcoccia, chief financial officer at SU, noted there would be benefits to the entire university joining the ACC. Such benefits include joining the ranks of national research institutions to attract new staff, faculty and students.
“There are an awful lot of reasons why this is an all-university matter and why it should be handled that way,” Marcoccia said.
In addition to the presentation on the athletic department, the committee also made recommen-dations on enrollment management, the library and reassessing the growth of the administration:
Enrollment managementFor graduate students, the discount rate — or
institutional grant aid awarded to students as a percentage of an institution’s gross tuition — varies widely, according to the report. The majority of doctoral students receive discount rates of 80 percent or more.
The report looked into how the number of international students could change and con-cerns the university might have looking forward. The committee pointed out that a high concentra-tion of international students from a few coun-tries might make students subject to political or economic disruptions. Additionally, as places like China and India continue to develop their higher education opportunities, international students from these countries could decrease.
The committee also made recommendations for undergraduate aid. First, it recommended the university annually evaluate the financial aid a student receives. The committee said this could direct aid to students with the greatest need.
The committee then recommended that the next major fundraising campaign give priority to financial aid.
University libraryThe library has been continually under-
funded, especially when it comes to the library meeting new technology needs, according to the committee’s report. An external review committee recommended a baseline need of $7 million to assist in meeting the library’s needs.
AdministrationThe committee questioned whether the
growth of administrative offices is warranted.SU is currently using a Responsibility Cen-
ter Management Model. An RCM is a manage-ment concept that decentralizes decisions and financial authority with the goal of improving institutional performance.
The committee recommended that the trust-ees hire an external consultant to evaluate central administration and responsibility cen-ters. This consultant would examine reducing the size of senior administrative offices and determine whether SU’s current administra-tive model is meeting its goals.
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Down in thedumps Tufts University student creates restaurant that serves food found in dumpsters
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Pesto spaghetti. Curried cauliflower and pep-pers. Roasted chicken. Fruit salad with apples, bananas, pomegranates, grapefruit and oranges. Green salad with arugula, cucumbers, peppers
and tomatoes. Warm bread. Freshly squeezed apple cider.All of these items were included on the menu for the
last large meal served by The Gleaners’ Kitchen, an underground restaurant and grocery store started by
Tufts University student Maximus Thaler.But these foods also share another common-
ality: They all came out of a dumpster. Thaler came up with the idea for The
Gleaners’ Kitchen after he realized how much usable food grocery stores threw
away at the end of the night, he said in a March 25 interview with National Public Radio.
“I found out that in a single night, I could go out into the dumpster and
pull out literally thousands of dollars of food, and it was absurd,” he said.
Thaler is working to turn “waste into wealth” by recycling food that supermarkets throw out because it is no longer sell-able. He began a Kickstarter online fundraising campaign for The Gleaners’ Kitchen last month with the hope of creating a space where peo-ple can come together to exchange food and ideas, according to the project’s Kickstarter page.
The restaurant gets its name from what is known as gleaning, or transforming food waste into something usable, according to the website.
Thaler’s focus for the restau-rant is the idea of building com-munity.
“The point is not to sell food, but rather to foster com-munity, because food has this incredible way of bringing people together, and I think that sharing food with one another is one of the most important things we do as humans,” he said in the NPR interview.
Thaler’s vision is for The Gleaners’ Kitchen to be open 24 hours a day with full meals served daily at 6 p.m., according to the Kickstarter page. He plans to always make coffee, tea and lentil soup available.
The Gleaners’ Kitchen has already surpassed the initial goal of reaching $1,500 by raising more than $3,000 through its Kickstarter campaign, which will close on Thursday, according to the website. The money raised through the Kickstarter campaign will fund The Glean-ers’ Kitchen’s operating space.
Those working for The Gleaners’ Kitchen do nothing illegal by taking food out of dumpsters on public streets or serving food that came out of a dumpster, so long as the food is given away for free, according to The Glean-ers’ Kitchen website.
While there have been no court cases dealing specifical-ly with dumpster diving, the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case California v. Greenwood ruled that items are considered to be in the public domain once they are thrown out and that anyone can search through them, according to the website.
The Gleaners’ Kitchen is able to serve the food it col-lects under the provisions of the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. This act allows for the distribution of food that seems to be safe, but is not mar-ketable due to appearance, freshness or similar condi-tions, as long the food has not been knowingly poisoned, according to the website.
The ingredients used by The Gleaners’ Kitchen are 100-percent freegan, according to the group’s Kick-starter page. Freganism is an alternative living style centered on the idea of living minimally to reduce waste, according to freegan.info.
Thaler wants The Gleaners’ Kitchen to be a space where people can come learn about this alternative life-style, he said in a March 20 Boston Daily article.
“I want to show people there are other ways of making changes in the world, rather than just protesting Washing-ton,” he said in the article. “Dumpster diving is a way of closing a loop and recognizing there is waste in the system.”
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killed 14 female students at the Ecole Poly-technique in Montreal in 1989. Since then, the movement, which is described as “the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls,” has spread to more than 60 countries, according to the campaign’s website.
Traditionally, women have been burdened with the task of preventing sexual violence by avoiding certain situations, Ang said. But the involvement of men is key because preventa-tive behavior on the woman’s part “can help reduce the risk, but it doesn’t prevent the violence,” he said.
Ang is also an organizational mentor for A Men’s Issue, a men’s group on campus that seeks to “redefine masculinity” and end domes-tic, sexual and relationship violence.
All proceeds from the sale of ribbons, wristbands and pins will support the edu-cational programs and shelter services at Vera House, a service agency in the city of Syracuse that aims to “assist families in crisis” and “promote a culture of equality and respect in relationships,” according to its website.
In addition to providing shelter, counseling and advocacy to victims of domestic violence, Vera House sponsors mentors and violence pre-vention programs in public and private schools across the city.
For the last several years, SU has been one of Vera House’s top 20 fundraisers in the White Ribbon Campaign, along with local high schools, hospitals and other colleges, said Chris Benton, Vera House’s director of com-munications and special events.
“SU has always been a partner in the work that we do,” she said.
This year, cutbacks in government spend-ing will make the role of private donors like SU even more important in meeting Vera House’s $100,000 fundraising goal, Benton said.
SU and Vera House have always had a special relationship, and the campaign is an important part of promoting a safe environment on cam-pus, said Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs.
Said Wolfe: “When you wear a white rib-bon or a wristband, you are saying you aren’t going to condone any language or action that belittles women, you’re not going to say it’s funny to joke about sexual assault.”
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families and their recipients, linking doctors and nurses and all of the different specialties that help us care for the donors and families, along with all the physicians and nurses that take care of recipients.”
A new video debunking myths about organ donation and hospital care will be shown at the event, he said.
“Some people think when they come into the hospital if they are an organ donor, people will not work as hard to take care of them, which is totally false,” Mitchell said. “We don’t
even look for that.” Patients are not considered for organ dona-
tion until they fail to respond to life-sustaining treatments, Kochik explained.
Upstate University Hospital officials also hosted an afternoon of performances and festivities in honor of National Donate Life Month on Wednesday, April 10. The event offered Central New Yorkers the opportunity to enroll in the registry, said Mitchell.
“We here in Syracuse try to collaborate with other hospitals in our area to show that it is a community effort to raise awareness,” Mitchell said. “It’s not one hospital competing against another — we try to make it a community effort.”
Kochik, of the Finger Lakes Network, said he encourages everyone 18 years and older to register. Younger people are often more eager to do so, he added.
But some individuals are hesitant to regis-ter, believing they are unsuitable candidates due to age or health status, Kochik said.
“We sometimes hear someone say, ‘I wear glasses, well, you wouldn’t want my corneas,’” Kochik said. “Well, no, you’re still able to help someone see again through cornea transplants. Even if someone has high blood pressure or maybe the beginning stages of diabetes, they can still donate.”
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people and said they were all in class. Most of the students who live in the house
are staying with friends, he said. Gibson said he has been in and out of Syracuse because he’s finishing up his community service requirement for his degree. He said he has the
option to go back home to Rochester, N.Y., if he needs to.
The American Red Cross and SU have been “more than supportive,” he said. The Red Cross gave the students some money for food on Tues-day, and the university offered to help by provid-ing housing in empty residence hall rooms or in the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center, he said.
Gibson said he was on his computer when
the power in the house went out. He said he didn’t think it was strange — a circuit could’ve been overloaded. But then he heard a noise, and shortly after, a smoke alarm went off in a room upstairs, Gibson said.
He kicked open the door to the room to find it filled with smoke, and called 911.
He said he thinks it was an electrical fire because there was a large black spot near an outlet and another in the attic after the fire.
Firefighters had to tear the walls apart, he said, and there are holes and debris everywhere.
The house was built in 1920, according to public records. It was built with balloon con-struction, which means there are void spaces that can allow fires to spread easily from floor to floor.
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experience of our LGBT athletes, and I think what we found was pretty shocking,” said Beth Ferri, the committee member who presented the report.
Ferri added that SU has received positive marks from the Campus Climate Index, a national non-profit survey that assesses the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campus climate. Looking into homophobia in athletics was a new issue for the committee, Ferri said.
At the end of the spring 2012 semester, the
committee said it was made aware of issues student-athletes were having on and off cam-pus with homophobia. The committee reported having difficulty in getting students to come forward to speak openly on the topic.
According to the committee’s report, the com-mittee examined the 2012 LGBTQ College Athlete Report, which reports on national LGBT issues in college athletics. The committee reported that the national findings were mirrored in events
at SU, such as the fact that student-athletes who identify as LGBT are twice as likely to experience harassment than their heterosexual teammates.
Ferri presented the report and brought up concerns that student-athletes expressed, from having to share hotel beds with teammates to experiencing coaches walk into locker rooms before student-athletes were fully dressed.
“The No. 1 issue that students brought up were their experiences in locker rooms as being really a dangerous place and a very hostile place and very uncomfortable place,” Ferri said.
The committee presented the following rec-ommendations to improve the atmosphere for student-athletes, which present Senate mem-bers unanimously approved.
The full recommendations included:• Remodel all locker rooms and shower facili-
ties to provide adequate privacy for showering and dressing for all athletes of all sports.
• Ensure that until locker rooms and shower facilities are remodeled, no coaches — male or female — are allowed into locker rooms until athletes are fully dressed.
• Ensure all athletes staying in hotels are provided with their own beds.
• In consultation with the LGBT Resource Center and outside consultants, establish on-going and mandatory anti-harassment training for all coaches, staff and athletic personnel.
• In consultation with the LGBT Resource Center and outside consultants, develop explicit anti-harassment and anti-homophobia policies for athletes, coaches and referees. There should be set consequences for violations to this policy and procedures to ensure the policy is imple-mented consistently.
• Consult NCAA and LGBT Resource Center in developing a proactive policy for transgen-der athletes.
• Eliminate all gender-normative expecta-tions and requirements for appearance for
student-athletes.• In consultation with the LGBT Subcom-
mittee, conduct a survey of current and for-mer student-athletes to explore climate issues around LGBT issues.
• Offer exit interviews with a neutral party or exit survey for any student-athlete that quits a team.
• Ensure NCAA officials or referees are aware of anti-harassment and anti-homophobia policy, and ensure any violation to this policy is included in any referee evaluation.
There were a number of other updates the committee presented covering health services, gender-neutral housing and the registrar.
Regarding health coverage, SU Insurance
now covers domestic partner benefits and tran-sition-related services for transgender faculty and staff. Health Services at SU also recently formed a committee charged with making “Health Services more inclusive to the LGBTQ community,” according to the report.
The committee also reviewed university forms and information related to name and gender markers on university forms.
Senators asked for the athletic department report during the first meeting of the 2013-14 aca-demic year in response to the LGBT Concerns Committee’s report. Senators also recommend-ed that a member of the committee be appointed liaison to the Athletics Policy Committee.
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BoulevardBooks excellence in multicultural teams — or pos-
ses — of 10 students. These students often come from financially and socially troubled homes, so they have experienced a kind of marginaliza-tion to which Kuusisto can relate, he said.
“I know something about what it’s like to come from a disadvantaged background, or one where prejudice or shallow cultural thinking may impede the way forward,” Kuusisto said.
And to increase the connection of the honors program throughout SU, the honors department hired a new adviser to reach out to groups who were traditionally not recruited before, he said.
Like Kuusisto, Jessica Santana, a graduate student in the School of Information Studies, said she believes the program could do a better job reaching out to more diverse students.
After noticing a lack of diversity in the accounting classes she took as an undergradu-ate in the Martin J. Whitman School of Manage-ment, Santana developed an idea for her cap-stone project. She wrote a qualitative analysis of why Latino students who were enrolled in business school don’t pursue accounting.
“If I could change anything, it would be support for students who are in Whitman and the iSchool,” said Santana, who graduated from the honors program last year. “I was the only accounting major that actually went and gradu-ated from the program.”
But those connected to the honors program say its most dire need is an endowment for better facilities. The department is currently located on the third floor of Bowne Hall, where it is extremely limited in space. The floor con-sists of only several academic offices, a small computer lab with eight Dell desktops and an even smaller lounge — no bigger than the size
of an open double dorm room — for nearly 900 honors students to share.
This is problematic, Kuusisto said, because it hinders the ability for the rising number of honors students to effectively learn and grow.
Kelsey Monteith, a junior biochemistry major, agreed the honors program would greatly benefit from improving its classrooms and computer labs. There are only two honors classrooms in Bowne Hall, she said, and they’re incredibly small. But the computer labs are even more crowded, espe-cially in between class periods when people flood through the honors facilities, she said.
“And a lot of them are quite outdated and break down,” Monteith said.
Prior to coming to SU, Kuusisto taught at Ohio State University. Their honors program was located in a beautiful tudor mansion on campus that the university president formerly occupied, he said. When the presi-dent vacated the house during the Vietnam protests, it was retrofitted for academic use, with state-of-the-art classrooms, lounges, elevators, a library and an industrial kitch-en where students could cook.
Although space is at a premium at SU, Kuu-sisto said he believes the university has the potential to move in this direction. “We need much more space for the quality of the education and intellectual activity students are currently engaged in,” he said. “I’d love to see us have the kinds of facilities that I know are out there.”
Kuusisto is in preliminary talks with the administration about expanding the honors program’s facilities to include a library and café, he said.
In a statement to The Daily Orange, Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, declared SU’s overall support for the honors program due to its academic and intel-lectual enrichment.
“Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina
and Associate Provost for Academic Programs Andria Costello Staniec have had preliminary discussions with program leaders about poten-tial opportunities that could provide the Honors Program with improved space that would better meet its needs,” Quinn said on behalf of the university. “Those discussions are ongoing.”
Another area Kuusisto is looking to improve is the amount of funding available to students for fellowships, scholarships and internships. These are essential to making top students com-petitive in the workforce after graduation, he said, yet they are extremely difficult to afford.
“If you’re a poor student, or you come from a struggling middle class family, it’s not so easy to get an internship,” he said. “You’re busy signing on to work at Best Buy over the summer just so you can make ends meet. We want to be able to provide the financial support so you can go do an internship.”
But most of all, Kuusisto and other adminis-trators want the honors program to be a place where students can thrive.
“I want more tools for students, not fewer,” Kuusisto said. “And that’s because I was a blind kid who went to college and got the kind of help and encouragement that made it possible for me to go on and have a very successful life.”
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W hen jazz meets funk and becomes best friends with hard rock and Latin soul,
you get The Monk, a fusion funk band made up of five Syracuse Uni-versity students.
Known for performing at local house parties, The Monk brought its soulful sounds to The Westcott The-ater on Wednesday evening. They played high-energy grooves that kept the crowd dancing the entirety of the show.
The Monk started as an experi-mental rock trio with Charles Gil-bert, Jimmy Corbett and Corey Adel-man, juniors who met in the Bandier
Program for Music and the Enter-tainment Industries in 2011. They gradually evolved into funk music, as they believed it was the most natural sound for every member of The Monk.
“It came naturally for us. We all operate a lot when we play off a groove, and funk tailors best to the groove,” said Gilbert, the bass guitar-ist for the band.
Adelman, The Monk’s drummer, explained further that the band’s inclination for funk came from its group dynamic, one that depended on each member building off of each other’s energy to get their best sound.
The element of improvisation plays a crucial role in The Monk’s music, both on and off of the stage,
Gilbert said. He explained that their songwriting process and performing energy rely heavily on a free flow by each musician and a powerful chem-istry between each band member that spontaneously improves an already impressive sound.
The original trio eventually found this chemistry when they first played with guitarist Alex Keenan and sing-er Gerardo Munguia.
Munguia, the band’s vocalist, had seen The Monk perform before at a house party, and said he want-ed to become a member from the moment he first heard the music. He was invited — along with Keenan — to join the band after a successful jam session.
“We pretty much wrote a song that day,” said Adelman. “We were jam-ming on something, Gerardo came in and started jamming vocally, and that’s kind of what gave us the confi-dence to take him in.”
The band’s chemistry flows easily into their performance at the West-cott. As one member improvises his part, the others follow as if they could read each other’s minds. Their off-the-cuff performances are so seamless, it becomes difficult to tell whether a part was intentional or improvised.
This ability to ad-lib is what draws fans to their sound, as it brings a natural vibe that plays off of the sur-rounding atmosphere of the venue.
“I think they’re better offstage,” said Drew Galazzo, a senior manage-ment major. “I got to see them improv for hours non-stop last year. It’s a totally different experience seeing them onstage. I love their ability to feel the music, take that and transfer it through their instruments.”
With a crowd mostly made up of loyal fans that follow The Monk from house party to house party, the band kicked off their show at the West-cott with a fast-paced and energetic instrumental beat that lulled the crowd into a hypnotic head nod.
Corbett, the band’s saxophonist, stood in front of the band for the first few songs, playing with an energetic
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B efore I start, two things:1. Claiming you liked a trend before
it was a trend is one of the most annoy-ing acts known to mankind and makes you look like a major asshole.
2. I am a hypocrite — and possibly also a major asshole.
I say this not because I’m about to rant about knowing about Fun. before “Some Nights,” or even because I had a friend named Molly before everyone else started talking about her. By the way, has there been an influx of Mollys? How do you pop her and why are you sweating?
No, I am saying this because I, Sarah Eliza-beth, am a Dave Matthews fan.
I know what you’re thinking.Boys wearing tank tops and backward base-
ball hats. Giggling girls dressed like they’re going to Woodstock. Red solo cups amid puffs of sweet smoke. Wooing and yeah–ing, only inter-rupted by the never-ending chatter of:
“You going to Dave, bra? Yeah, I can’t wait to see Dave. We’re going to get so wasted before the Dave show, man! Tailgate? Dave Summer 2013? ‘Ants Go Marching?’”
No. Stop. Listen.I went to my first Dave Matthews Band con-
cert when I was 12.I was with my mom and little brother at some
venue in New York state that claimed to have a lawn that was “family friendly.”
They got one thing right — people certainly were friendly.
We found what seemed like the safest square of grass. I was fascinated by all of the people who seemed to be really happy, really clumsy and really liked to high-five.
And although I wasn’t positive, I was pretty sure I could smell the stuff they had warned us about during D.A.R.E.: The gateway drug that would lead to heroin and death. Or was it pregnancy and death? I hoped for the first, since
I wasn’t about to get second-hand preggo.My mother and brother left to go to the
bathroom, so I was left alone to fend the lawn for myself. But as soon as they left, there was an eruption of cheering. The show was starting and I was alone on a lawn full of strangers.
I burst into tears.Not because a few minutes before had a man
twice my age yelled “Yeah, little girl!” before asking for a lighter. No — I was crying because the band started playing “Pantala Naga Pampa” transitioning into “Rapunzel,” and it was exactly how I wanted them to start.
Not to be the hipster of Dave Matthews Band, but I totally liked him first.
Since then, I went to a DMB concert every year. My mom and I even flew out to a peace conference in Seattle to see him play with Tim Reynolds. Opening act: the Dalai Lama.
That’s right. I saw the Dalai Lama speak just to see Dave Matthews before it was even cool at Syracuse.
It was in high school when “Dave” became synonymous with “drinking,” and “drinking” synonymous with “cool.” In true hipster fash-ion, I was bitter as hell.
In protest against mainstream DMB love, I avoided everyone I knew at concerts. I just couldn’t properly worship Dave, Carter, Boyd and Stefan with people my age. It definitely had nothing to do with the fact that I was painfully sober and hanging out with my mother. And while there is 100 percent a picture of me duck-ing behind a car to avoid acquaintances in some girl’s “DAVE<3” Facebook album, it’s totally not because I’m embarrassed.
It’s that time of year again, and I asked my mom about Dave plans when I saw her this past weekend.
“Well, I got tickets!” she said, and paused before continuing.
“To see the show with my friends.”Wait.Her friends. My mom is going to a summer
DMB show with her friends — without me.There has not been a worst betrayal since
Scar pushed Mufasa into a stampede of buffalo. And that was huge.
So if anyone wants an original DMB fan at their concert, hit me up. Not that I have anyone else to go with. I’d just thought I’d throw it out there. Because my mom is going with her friends. And I really want to go with someone. Please.
Sarah Schuster is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly in
Pulp. She can be reached at [email protected].
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By Rob MarvinSTAFF WRITER
W hen people think of symbolic sports figures triumphing over adversity, Jackie Robinson is one of the first
to come to mind — the man who tore up baseball’s gentlemen’s agreement, who fought against malignant racism with nothing but a bat, glove and cleats.
No. 42 is the ultimate athletic hero, whose mythical sports biopic sat upon a pedestal for decades as filmmakers like Spike Lee and Rob-ert Redford tried — and failed — to grasp it.
Robinson already played himself in a biopic (“The Jackie Robinson Story,” 1950), and it took 63 years to find someone brave enough to step into those colossal shoes. That someone is relative newcomer Chadwick Boseman, the intensely stoic lead of writer and director Brian Helgeland’s “42: The True Story of an American Legend.”
As conventional a sports movie as they come — which isn’t necessarily a bad thing — “42” keeps it simple by chronicling Robinson as the symbolic figure more than the complex man underneath.
The straightforward story is more of a snapshot of the man than a true biopic, focusing almost entirely on Robinson’s minor league and first major league seasons from 1946-47, surrounded by picturesque 1940s sets and a delightful supporting cast.
Harrison Ford, in particular, does his best acting in years as iconic Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey.
After Rickey recruits Robinson — then
a Negro league player for the Kansas City Monarchs — in 1945, he and wife Rachel (the effervescent Nicole Beharie) move to Florida for the 1946 season training camp. Robinson begins training with the Dodgers’ minor league affili-ate, the Montreal Royals. The Robinsons aren’t allowed to stay in hotels, so they live with local black families.
In 1947, Robinson famously signs his major league contract, shocking the baseball world as starting first baseman for the Dodgers. Throughout the course of the season, Robinson endures racial jeers and abuse from around the league, even from some of his teammates. But as anyone with the faintest knowledge of baseball knows, he courageously overcomes it to lead the Dodgers to the pennant and wins Rookie of the Year.
Everything about “42” is direct and genuine, a step-by-step history lesson showing how Robinson broke the color barrier and earned his hallowed legacy. While the movie is infused with light humor and sporadic dry wit, Helge-land depicts racism, segregation and bigotry with blunt realism.
Racism is the film’s villain, and it antago-nizes from start to finish. There’s the small-town sheriff who kicks Robinson off of a minor league field, the flight attendant who gives away his seats to a white couple, pitchers throwing at Robinson’s head and piles of hate mail.
During a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, manager Ben Chapman (Alan Tudyk) spews a virulent tirade of N-words and racial slurs so reprehensible, it’s shocking to hear while watching from a modern setting.
Boseman embodies Robinson with a con-trolled rage bubbling under his calm demeanor. Only when he’s alone in the dark tunnel behind the dugout does Robinson crack, smashing his bat to pieces in mad frustration. But Boseman’s best scenes are silent ones, taunting pitchers with a wide grin as he steals base after base.
The supporting cast fills in the entertain-ment value to complement Boseman’s stoicism. Christopher Meloni (“Law & Order: SVU”) adds comic sarcasm as gruff, philandering Dodgers manager Leo Durocher, while “Scrubs” vet John C. McGinley steals his scenes with witty commentary as announcer Red Barber.
Yet the most indelible performance of “42” belongs to Ford as Rickey. Finally embracing old age, Ford saunters around with a protrud-ing gut, puffing cigars, growling clever quips and compassionate speeches in that deep, gravelly voice.
“42” has a deliberately classic feel, from the slow-motion baseball scenes to its orchestral soundtrack, swelling to underscore dramatic moments like Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black) hug-ging Robinson on the field.
An American hero like Robinson carries expectations of a larger-than-life biopic. While it’s fun to imagine what a filmmaker like Spike Lee would’ve done with Robinson’s deeper back story, the old-fashioned reverence of “42” is still an inspiring, enjoyable depic-tion of Robinson’s legacy.
Like “Chariots of Fire,” “Hoosiers” or “Rudy” before it, “42” is a straightforward sports movie, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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and lively rhythm that backed up the quick and smooth bass guitar by Gilbert. The band members looked at each other and grinned during their songs, realizing they, along with the audience, were enjoying hearing these improvised renditions for the first time.
When Munguia stepped on stage, he brought a cool demeanor to the blues instru-mental The Monk had introduced. Singing with a smoothness matched only by his dance moves, Munguia’s voice added a soulful blend to the band’s performance.
They quickly kicked into an upbeat and fun rendition of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sun-shine,” which led into a high-energy and dynamic performance of Withers’ “Use Me,” with Munguia crooning over the band’s funky remix.
This led into “Fourth Sun,” one of The Monk’s originals from its recent LP. It had a slow, urban jazz feel from the saxophone, the bass guitar providing a tough-guy vibe, matched with smooth and soft vocals from Munguia over the city soundscape.
“It’s more about the feeling with funk. I’ve always liked the way that funk makes you feel,” Munguia said.
As the 45-minute set came to a close and the band walked off stage, their fans were shouting requests and chanting for more from The Monk.
“It’s a bittersweet moment because it might be our last time playing here,” said Keenan, who will be graduating in May, along with the Munguia.
The original three members of The Monk hope to continue playing their funky music even after Keenan and Munguia graduate, as they look forward to studying abroad together next semester in Los Angeles.
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If you hear a country song on today’s radio that is feisty with just a touch of crazy, Miranda Lambert is probably the voice behind it. Her first four studio albums debuted at No. 1 on Bill-board’s Top Country Albums chart, and she is the reigning Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Her most recent win puts her in the ranks with Reba McEntire and Loretta Lynn, the only other two artists to win the award four times.
Lambert will perform at the OnCenter War Memorial Arena on Thursday with openers
Dierks Bentley and Randy Houser. The Daily Orange emailed Lambert a few questions about her music and upcoming projects.The Daily Orange: Do you plan to collaborate with your father again?
Miranda Lambert: My dad and I have not written together in a while, mainly because I’ve been so busy, and I have had the opportunity to work with other writers that I admire, as well. I have been able to write with a lot of writers here in Nashville and I love the process. They also come out on the road with me due to my crazy touring schedule. I recently wrote a song with one of my heroes, Allison Moorer, and it was
so awesome, especially since she wrote a song for my last album called “Oklahoma Sky.” Our plan last time was to write together, but we just couldn’t make our schedules work out.The D.O.: What artists inspire you?
Lambert: I’ve gained so much inspiration from artists like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn and Allison Moorer. I have gotten to tour with a lot of great artists from George Strait to Kenny Chesney and now have been fortunate enough to have my own headlining tours and bring folks out like Dierks Bentley, who is a good friend. A dream of mine would be to perform with Beyoncé one day. It would just be unreal!The D.O.: Is there an accomplishment in your career that you are most proud of?
Lambert: Right now, I am most proud of win-ning Song of the Year at the CMAs and ACMs for a song that I wrote with my husband, Blake. It was a song that was near and dear to our hearts and to be honored for that was amazing!The D.O.: What can fans expect from you in the future?
Lambert: On the new Pistol Annies album, “Annie Up,” we can’t wait to share more of our tell-it-like-it-is stories that we’ve heard called “music for housewives.” Angaleena, Ashley and I have been writing since “Hell on Heels” came out in 2011, and we really kicked it into high gear this past fall. Throughout all my Pistol Annies writing, I have started writing a little for my new album, but I am definitely still in the beginning stages of writing for a new solo album.The D.O.: Is it true you keep a knife on the drum to deflate rogue beach balls?
Lambert: Yes, I don’t enjoy beach balls flying through the air while I’m on stage. I performed a ballad on stage once and one of them hit me in the face (and hit my mic), and it didn’t feel very good, as you can imagine, it also kind of broke the somber mood of the song and performance.
By Avery HartmansASST. COPY EDITOR
It’s 1964. A young, disfigured girl boards a bus bound for Tulsa, Okla., hoping to be healed by a televangelist. This is where “Vio-let” begins, a musical opening at Syracuse Stage on Friday night.
Presented by the Syracuse University Department of Drama, “Violet” was one of the most critically acclaimed off-Broadway shows in the 1990s, according to the College of Visual and Performing Arts website.
“Violet” tells the story of Violet Karl, a 25-year-old white woman living in Spruce Pine, N.C., in 1964 in the middle of the civil rights movement. At 13, she was scarred when the blade of her father’s axe flew off as he chopped wood, slicing a deep gash across her face.
Violet was horribly injured by the accident that earned her a permanent scar running across her nose and down her cheek. Twelve years later, she leaves home by boarding a bus for Tulsa. She is a strong believer in God and hopes the televangelist she has watched for years will be able to connect her with God to heal her scar.
On her journey, Violet meets Flick, an Afri-can-American soldier traveling in the same direction. They fall in love, despite the dangers of being different races and dating in a time of racial turmoil.
Flick teaches Violet what it means to be an outsider in a hostile world.
The show is based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim,” a short story by Doris Betts, a writer whose stories center on religious faith and original sin in the Southern literary tradition. The story was first made into the film “Violet,” which won an Academy Award in 1981. It was then turned into a musical of the same name, which won a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1998, according to a New York Times obituary on Betts.
Betts is also the author of “Beasts of the South-ern Wild,” which was also turned into a film and nominated for four Academy Awards in 2012.
“Violet” features a score by Jeanine Tesori, songs that fuse rock, country, rhythm, blues and gospel, with lyrics by Brian Crawley. Rodney Hudson, who is an assistant professor of drama and musical theater at VPA and has worked as a professional actor for more than 25 years, directs SU Drama’s production.
The musical opens April 19 at 8 p.m. and will run through April 28. Tickets are available through the SU Drama box office and on the Syracuse Stage website. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. For more information, contact the Syracuse Stage box office.
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Q&A with country music star Miranda Lambert
MIRANDA LAMBERT, country music star and recent winner of the Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year, will be performing at the Oncenter on Thursday.
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By David WilsonASST. SPORTS EDITOR
The quarterback picture is becoming a bit clear-er for quarterbacks coach Tim Lester. He and head coach Scott Shafer are still far from a deci-sion, but some separation is starting to be made.
The starter will get 85-90 percent of the reps in practice. The leader in the clubhouse, Terrel Hunt, cur-rently gets 40 percent. But it’s still progress.
“We’ve had pretty good repetitions with all three of those kids,” Shafer said. “I think Terrel and Charley (Loeb) have kind of been bat-tling the last few days and doing some good things, so it’s good to see that the com-petition’s kind of on the rise. But we have a lot of time.”
On Saturday, though, Shafer will essentially be forced into naming a favor-ite when the Orange plays its annual Spring Game at noon in the Carrier Dome. Hunt has taken the most snaps with the first team in each of the last two open practices and appears to be the favorite to do the same Saturday. But Loeb and
John Kinder don’t sit far behind. Both have taken about 30 percent of the first-team snaps.
For three quarterbacks who have extremely limited game experience — or none at all — the Spring Game gives them their first test of real game-style action.
“It’s good to see the live game,” Shafer said.For now, Lester tries to simulate live action. On Sunday, he gave his quarterbacks reps in
the red zone. Some throws were bad — Hunt threw his first few into coverage — but they improved. Hunt eventually threw a touchdown to fullback Clay Cleveland on a swing pattern and Kinder hit a man for a touchdown on a crossing route.
“None of them have any game experience, so
they can’t be in those situations enough,” Lester said. “So they were really bad the first time, they were a little bit better the second time and the third time, they were better.”
But it was a throw Loeb made that stood out the most to Lester.
Two days before, Syracuse brought a blitz at Loeb. The quarterback tried to throw over the pass rush. His pass got batted and picked off. On Sunday, he recognized the blitz and hit a man in the flat.
“I just like watching them make decisions under pressure, and when the defense brings pressure, are they working away from the pres-sure?” Lester said. “Do they have answers? You really never have enough of those situations.”
At this point, naming a quarterback for the spring seems a mere formality. No mat-ter who gets the call Saturday, the other two won’t be far behind.
And there’s the transfer waiting in the wings. It’s entirely possible that the starter when the Orange opens its season against Penn State won’t be any of the three on the roster but Drew Allen, a transfer from Oklahoma. Normally, naming a starter for the Spring Game is a telling sign of what’s to come, but for SU this year, it’s difficult to read much into it.
“If they name a guy – that’s the guy they name coming out of spring, doesn’t mean they can’t name a new guy out in fall, I know how it works,” Loeb said. “It’s always competitive.”
Still, Saturday represents a step. Lester said he gives the player who looks the best the most reps to challenge him and see how he performs with extra scrutiny.
The format of the Spring Game has yet to be entirely determined, Shafer said, but “it’s going to be some sort of a game.” The first team will get some reps together, but players fighting for a job on the first team will get a chance, too. Whoever gets the call to run the first team will be under a bit of extra pressure, but it’s still a better place to be than chasing, like the other two.
“It’s been a good competition. I wish we could do this a lot longer,” Lester said. “Spring ball’s just flying.”
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“With all my family and friends there, taking the title would be a really great accomplishment. A No. 1 finish this season would be awesome.”
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By Bryan RubinSTAFF WRITER
This weekend will be homecoming for Robert Molke and his family.
The senior distance runner will have both of his parents in attendance when he returns to his home state to compete in the 5K at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J. Molke’s sister Jen, a sophomore at Charlotte, will join her older brother at the meet racing in the 5K, as well.
“We have a nice little family reunion going on,” Molke said. “It will be cool.”
While the two siblings won’t compete head to head, Robert wants to put on a show in New
Jersey for his final race before the Big East Outdoor Championships.
Molke was a member of the nationally rec-ognized Don Bosco Preparatory High School outdoor track and field teams in 2007 and 2008. During the course of his four years at the school, Molke went from running on the seventh-ranked team in the state his fresh-man year to the nation’s No. 6 team during his junior season.
The Nike Team Nationals competitor credits the guidance from the older guys on the team as the reason for the program’s transformation, along with Bosco Prep coach Kevin Kilduff’s leadership.
“Over my four years there, it sort of blew up in terms of how good the team got,” Molke said. “As you got older, you learned how to become a
leader and help out the younger guys. It helped out the program a lot.”
Molke’s transition to college caught him off guard. He underperformed in his first fall season at Syracuse. Coming from a Catholic school where everything is strict, he struggled to adapt to the college environ-ment, where leisure is prevalent and self-discipline a necessity.
“College is a completely different level and atmosphere where you really have to take it upon your own to learn and grow,” SU distance runner Griff Graves said. “Don Bosco is a great school, but no high school can prepare you for what it’s going to be like in college.”
Molke has come far to find his niche on the team. In his last two seasons, he has become a consistent leader and competitor for SU, win-ning a silver medal at the Big East Champion-ship last year.
Molke, a typical 10,000-meter runner, has taken it on his own to gain confidence in himself as a runner in the past four years. He uses the 5K to help him build his training base and improve his times in the 10K.
The shorter race helps him judge his 10K due to the similarities in strength and speed training.
In a mental sport, head coach Chris Fox is looking for Molke’s training base and experience to keep him focused heading into the weekend.
“Our sport is sort of up and down, and he’s on an upswing,” Fox said. “He ran OK (in the 10K) at the Stanford Invitational, but we hope he runs a personal record in New Jersey. He looks great right now.”
In his final tune-up of the season, Molke will be dropping down to the 5K this weekend to con-tinue preparing for the Big East Championships on May 3 at Rutgers.
With the championships two weeks away, Molke’s face lit up thinking about a gold-medal finish in the state in which his career began.
“With all my family and friends there, taking the title would be a really great accomplish-ment,” Molke said. “A No. 1 finish this season would be awesome.”
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Syracuse displays newfound confidence in doubleheader with Wildcats
By Jesse DoughertySTAFF WRITER
With three balls, two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning with the score tied, Corinne Ozanne stood 60 feet from a Syracuse victory.
Representing the winning run, Ozanne needed something from Danielle Chit-kowski. After Chit-
kowski watched ball four sail well off of the outside corner, Ozanne slowly trotted down the third-base line and clinched an Orange win, tapping her right foot on home plate.
Syracuse streamed out of the third-base dug-out to celebrate the 3-2 walk-off win. Ozanne was embraced by her teammates, Morgan Nandin and Jasmine Watson exchanged a celebratory hug, and Leigh Ross beckoned her team to line up and shake hands.
But lost in the euphoria of the exciting win was senior pitcher Stacy Kuwik, Syracuse’s workhorse and hero on the day.
Syracuse (16-22, 4-7 Big East) took both games of a doubleheader against Villa-nova (15-22, 2-11) at SU Softball Stadium
on Wednesday afternoon. SU’s offense was unable to build its lead in a 1-0 win in game one, and missed many opportunities to put the Wildcats away in a 3-2 victory in game two. But despite a lack of offensive support, Kuwik leaned on the strength of her arm and the fielding behind her to steal the show.
“I am so proud of her,” pitching coach Jenna Caira said. “Everybody has humps to get over, and today was huge for her.”
After a dominant junior season, Kuwik has struggled since the start of conference play in 2013. With the absence of Lindsay Taylor, she has been called upon to throw a lot of innings, and has struggled to keep opponents off of the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Kuwik forgot about her struggles and focused. In 14 innings over two games, she gave up just two runs and com-manded the confidence of a team itching to win its first home conference game.
As each inning passed, Kuwik’s fastball grew stronger and her confident smile grew wider. Villanova third-base coach Gerry Mauro kept urging Wildcat hitters to find the right pitch to hit, but Kuwik wasn’t yielding
anything over the plate. Her strong command allowed her to get quick outs, and she threw a total of 11 pitches in the third and fourth innings of game two.
“You could see her smiling out there and having fun with her teammates,” Caira said. “I keep telling her to stop thinking so much and just pitch, and it turned into a fantastic job.”
Yet Kuwik didn’t act alone. Up 1-0 in the top of the fourth of game
one, Villanova’s Sierra McConnell slapped a ground ball to Nandin at shortstop. Nandin scooped it up, quickly fired the ball home and Ashley Dimon slapped the tag on Valerie Orte-ga to keep the Wildcats from tying the game.
With the game tied at 2-2 in the top of the sixth in game two, the Orange defense delivered once again. McConnell hit another ground ball to Nandin, who faked to first then threw out pinch runner Danielle Lewan-dowski leaking off of third. One play later, Veronica Grant threw pinch runner Kera Pez-zuti out at the plate after Julie Smith singled to center.
“We had a good practice yesterday and have been taking a lot of fielding reps,” Nandin said.
“Everyone made good decisions and we did our best for Stacy today.”
After two dramatic outs, Kuwik took mat-ters into her own hands. Center-fielder Shea Palmer swung and missed at her 1-2 offering, and Kuwik pumped her fist and briskly ran toward the dugout where an energized team awaited.
“I love the feeling of getting the out myself,” Kuwik said. “It’s nice to have the girls playing well behind you, but striking a girl out is the best thing.
“It was good to get some personal wins today, but I was just glad to be here for my team and help us win as a group.”
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By Debbie TruongENTERPRISE EDITOR
With the lyrics “Rock me, mama” blasting through the speakers, Syracuse launched into a pregame dance party in front of the home dugout.
The Syracuse (16-22, 4-7 Big East) players who walked out and managed to command the defense in two close games against Villanova (15-22, 2-11) in Wednesday’s doubleheader didn’t look like the same team that appeared trapped in their heads against DePaul on the same field almost two weeks ago.
The pregame pep carried into the first game of the doubleheader as Syracuse re-established itself early with a first-inning Jasmine Watson home run. Watson paced her jog after the ball cleared well past the stadium fence, crossing home plate to cheers of approval emanating from the dugout and the stands.
Syracuse wouldn’t score the rest of the game, but it didn’t have to. Backed by a strong defen-sive effort, the Orange held Villanova score-less. SU’s success was repeated in the second game, edging the conference opponents 3-2. With Wednesday’s wins, Syracuse heads into the weekend series against Seton Hall riding a
three-game winning streak.On Wednesday, Syracuse wasn’t the team
Watson said got caught up with fielding errors and struggled to close out games after a series of losses in preconference play.
“We’ve worked so hard in the fall and
coming in the season we worked so hard … and it’s not really coming together as a team. We’re just making little errors, so
that’s really frustrating,” Watson said in early March after dropping four games at the Citrus Classic-ESPN Rise.
Instead, they appeared sharper, capitalized on hustle plays and overcame a one-run deficit in the second game. Even the weather, which was marred by high winds in Syracuse’s two losses to DePaul on April 6 when SU gave up a combined 26 runs, was different. On Wednes-day, the air was still and the sun was blinding to the point of causing a Villanova center fielder to misjudge two fly balls.
For Syracuse, it came together Wednesday and Watson expressed another sentiment.
“Spirit was definitely high today,” she said after the game. “We always are up but today felt good.”
The uplifted spirits were apparent in the pitching, too. With sophomore pitcher Lindsay Taylor, who pitched the bulk of minutes in preconference play, sidelined with an injury, senior Stacy Kuwik has clocked additional minutes at the mound with freshmen Lindsey Larkin and Danielle Chitkowski playing relief. But on Wednes-day, Kuwik was on her own, pitching 14 consecutive innings in the doubleheader.
Following the losses against DePaul, pitching
coach Jenna Caira said the team couldn’t be complacent with throwing pitches and “hoping it hits the corner.” Midway through Wednesday’s first game, a pitch smacked against the metal backdrop, Kuwik paused to stomp her cleats into the dirt and made pitching movements into her glove before resuming the count. If she ever felt pressured, she didn’t let on. Kuwik, just like her teammates, left behind the mental lapses.
Said Caira: “She told me sometimes she would be in her head, a little nervous, but I told her I didn’t feel any of that anxiety from her.”
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“(Deon’s) a guy who wants to make it really bad,” Capretta said. “And I’ve trained a lot of guys over the years. For a young athlete com-ing into the NFL, he prepares like a vet.”
There, he meets for about 30 minutes of stretching before 60-90 minutes of field work.
On Mondays and Wednesdays after field work, Goggins heads to Westlake Village for a weight room session. When he’s done on Mon-days, he joins Matthews for a third session. Then, he’s off to physical therapy for mainte-nance on his shoulders and hamstrings.
But Wednesdays, he follows his 10 a.m. weights with boxing. Then, he gets back in his Camry to drive home to get his son Diesel – only stopping in Carson, Calif., for a massage. They’re home just long enough for Goggins to pack Diesel’s bag before driving to his old school, Cerritos Community College.
They meet Kisha at Cerritos. She works out, too, often pushing Diesel in his stroller around the track. Their life is hectic. She works full-time. But it’s better now. At least he’s on the West Coast, said Alvillar, Gog-gins’ mentor and former coach at Los Angeles Harbor College and Cerritos.
“When it comes to having a balance, it’s not like he’s away from his child and his girl for an extended period of time,” Alvillar said. “ … They both understand, ‘Hey, this could put food on our table, this could put money in our pockets, this could set us up for what we want to do. So let’s go get it,’ and that’s where he’s at.”
Tuesdays and Thursdays end the same way: at the track with Kisha and Diesel. Only Gog-gins does yoga or Pilates at noon beforehand.
Fridays are the worst workouts, though. The NFL stars pick from one of four sites for what they call “Roadtrip Fridays.” The group runs the Santa Monica stairs, Malibu sand dunes, Russell Ranch tire course or the Runyon. The Runyon is the closest to Goggins’ house. For him, though, it’s the worst.
The warm-up is a four-mile jog down a Santa Monica mountain to a clearing. From there, Capretta’s course only leaves them with one way out: up and through the rock-laden mountains. Goggins calls it “deadly” and “the Monster.”
The first day he ran the course, he did it twice. Capretta said he’s never had someone do that.
“I kind of gained a little respect from the vets doing that,” Goggins said.
On April 5, the 274-pound Goggins ran it just once and tied Gilbert Arenas’ time. He’s also worked out with Nick Swisher and Derek
Fisher, along with the NFL stars. Some of the NFL-ers vouch for him, telling their teams to draft or sign Goggins in free agency.
Goggins’ workload is vicious, even for someone training to break into the league, Capretta said. He rarely lets college athletes train with his pros — he promoted Goggins after his March 7 Pro Day. But Goggins still feels underrated.
“I’m not going to lie, it’s hard to swallow because I know what type of caliber of player that I am and that I’m capable of, but I mean, everything happens for a reason,” Goggins said. “I was in the same position going into my last year of JUCO before I got all the scholar-ship offers that I did.
“So, I go in free agency … I’ll just work my way up again. I’ll just show them how I do. That’s nothing I’m not used to.”
Goggins is at peace now, mostly. He said he used to worry about his draft stock — a lot. He’s still slighted, but said he opened eyes in the NFLPA Bowl, and especially at his Pro Day. The slights are like all of the others before — ones he can work through.
His son fulfills a lifelong dream. Goggins always wanted to have a son named after him, “but without having the same name that I had because I have my father’s name,” he said.
The NFL prospect’s great grandmother, Pearl Pearson, called him Diesel for as long as he can remember.
“I just remember, before her passing, she used to always tell me, ‘So the reason I gave you that name (was) because I always knew you were going to be big like a truck,’” Goggins said. “She was funny.”
His friends and family followed Pearson’s lead. Goggins knew his son would be called Little Diesel, regardless of his legal first name, and named him Diesel.
The NFL Draft starts in a week, but Gog-gins’ name won’t be called until Friday or Saturday, if at all. Fulfilling his NFL dream, though, would change his and family’s life more than it already has. But no matter how high he’s drafted, he’s not getting married for a year or two.
His girlfriend’s not like that, he said. Besides, Diesel can’t walk yet.
“I want him to be my best man in my wedding, so he has to be a little bit walking,” Goggins said.
Because when Goggins finishes sweating through another three-workout, 12-hour day, or gets up in the middle of the night, he’ll look at his son, and he doesn’t get tired.
“He’s a happy kid, so you can’t do nothing but be happy and thankful for everything that I’m going through right now,” Goggins said.
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Syracuse is heading into its last opportunity to win a Big East tournament championship before heading to a new conference.
The fourth-seeded Orange opens up its final Big East tournament in Tampa, Fla., against 13th-seeded Connecticut at noon on Thursday. Syracuse beat the Huskies 7-0 on March 29. To take home the trophy, though, the Orange will need to win four matches in four days.
With Syracuse departing for the Atlantic Coast Conference in the fall, junior Aleah Marrow said she thinks Syracuse has what it takes to leave its old conference as champions.
“I’ve been on this team, it’s my third year now. It means a lot coming out here, seeing all the Big East teams compete for the title,” Mar-row said. “So we know we can win the tourna-
ment, but we’ve just got to execute.” The Orange enters the tournament having
won 12 of its past 15 matches since starting the
season 0-4. Syracuse went 7-1 in conference play, losing its only match to South Florida, the tournament’s host school.
One Big East team the Orange didn’t play was top-seeded Notre Dame. The Irish didn’t put Syracuse on its schedule, or many Big East teams, for that matter. It finished just 3-0 in conference play, but is ranked 21st in the ITA national rankings after taking on 11 nationally ranked teams this season.
“I think that playing Notre Dame is defi-nitely an extra motivational factor. This is the first time in a while that they’re on our side of the bracket,” sophomore Komal Safdar said. “We’re not as familiar with them because we never play them and they do tend to avoid playing Big East games, but now we’re at the Big East tournament. There’s no avoiding anyone here.”
If the Orange beats the Bulls on Thurs-day, it will face the winner of fifth-seeded DePaul and 12th-seeded Providence on Friday at noon. Syracuse defeated both teams earlier this season, scoring arguably its most impres-sive win in a 4-3 defeat on the road against the Blue Demons on Feb. 24.
Since Syracuse lost its first four matches, the Orange almost certainly needs to win the conference tournament to be a part of the NCAA tournament.
The team traveled to Tampa early Tues-day morning to get some practice on the
outer courts. “The biggest thing down here is just get-
ting used to the conditions,” Safdar said. “We’ve been conditioning the entire sea-son, we all know how to play tennis. Com-ing down here and just getting used to the courts, atmosphere, the humidity, the heat. It’s a different environment.”
Even with the long and hot path that Syra-cuse faces, the expectations remain high.
“Win the tournament. Bring it back to Syr-acuse. We work so hard with conditioning on and off the court, physically and mentally.” Marrow said. “I think we deserve it, and we need to go out and get what we deserve. We don’t want to fly back sad.”
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because I’m here,’” Ray said. “ … I’m all about making your own decisions.”
But Brian had his own plan in mind — he would join the Orange. Blaze his own trail. Cre-ate his own legacy.
Four years later, Brian is nearing the end of one of the finest careers by a defender in Syra-cuse history. When the Orange travels to Wash-ington, D.C., on Saturday for a 1 p.m. tilt with Georgetown, a game Ray had hoped to be in attendance for if not for a scheduling conflict, Brian will play the penultimate regular-season
game of his storied SU career.A pair of All-Big East honors, an All-Amer-
ican honor and a Tewaaraton Trophy nomina-tion already dot Megill’s sparkling resume, with more of the same likely to come at the end of this season. But none of it would have happened without his older brother.
“He’s a huge influence. He’s the reason why I play lacrosse,” Brian said. “He’s also the reason I’m here at Syracuse and not at Maryland.”
Ray’s career with the Terps was just as spectacular. He was a three-time All-American
and set the standard for what a Megill could do on defense.
But Brian never wanted to do just what his brother did. They played the same position, and a career with the Terrapins would have led to inevitable comparisons between the two. With the Orange, he could create his own legacy, and the one he’s made is just as spectacular as his brother’s.
But they get it done in different ways. Brian plays an aggressive style. Ray was all about body positioning and creating opportunities in transition. But they’re both leaders.
“We communicate a lot on the field,” Ray said. “We’re always vocal.”
As a freshman, Brian started all 15 games for the Orange’s top-ranked defense. He start-ed all 17 as a sophomore as SU again boasted a top-five defense.
Then, Joel White and John Galloway gradu-ated. Megill went from being a piece to being the focal point. And he’s performed splendidly.
Aside from struggling in the Orange’s most recent game — a loss to Alex Love and Hobart — Megill has been nearly flawless, and has turned Syracuse’s defense into one of the best in the country, even playing in front of inexperienced goaltenders Bobby Wardwell and Dominic Lamolinara. It’s given him a chance to exhibit that Megill leadership.
“It’s Megill’s defense, we both know that,” Lamolinara said. “We’re not trying to do any-thing more than we need to.”
Brian’s eyes light up at the very mention of his older brother. The usually business-like defender can’t help but smile when he thinks about the profound effect Ray had on his life and lacrosse career.
“He’s been a trailblazer for me,” Brian said. “As much as I say I don’t want to follow in his footsteps, I wouldn’t mind it.”
“He’s a huge influence. He’s the reason why I play lacrosse. He’s also the reason I’m here at Syracuse and not at Maryland.”
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By David WilsonASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Christmas Eve was decision day in the Megill household. Ray Megill was a star at Maryland in the mid-2000s, but Brian Megill would decide between Syracuse and
UMD.He still has
the wrapping paper in his room – Maryland on one side, SU on the other –
listing the pros and cons for each school as
he weighed his decision.“It was Syracuse, Maryland,” Brian said,
using his hands to indicate SU sat just inches above UMD. “It was really right there. … It was a phone call away.”
He could have followed in his brother’s footsteps and joined the Terrapins.
He nearly did, too. His original plan was that if the list came out even, he would choose Maryland to live near his brother. But Ray never pushed him toward Maryland.
“I told him, ‘Don’t make this decision
By Jacob KlingerASST. SPORTS EDITOR
D eon Goggins has been here before: underappreciated.
It happened when his father, Deon, left. It happened coming out of high school, sending him to two junior colleges, and again going into his second year of JUCO before he played his way into offers from Syracuse and Baylor. Now, Goggins, whose friends call him “Diesel,” trains for the April 25-27 NFL Draft.
Goggins, a defensive lineman for the Orange the last two years, improved his stock a little with his Pro Day perfor-mance, but even his former junior college coach Andrew Alvillar thinks his best shot at the NFL is going as an undrafted free agent.
“That’s nothing I’m not used to as far as working my way up from the bottom,” Goggins said.
But when he wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in
his Los Angeles apartment, he’s not at the bottom. He’s not at the bottom when he rises 30 minutes before his fiancee, Kisha, to make breakfast — usually oatmeal or an egg-white omelet. He then makes a bottle of milk for their six-month-old and namesake Diesel. He’s not even tired.
The NFL could change his life. The pursuit of it already has.
Most days, Goggins is out of his apart-ment by 6:45 a.m. After taking turns get-
ting dressed and holding the baby with Kisha, Goggins drives his champagne Toyota Camry to Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, Calif., on Mondays and Wednesdays. He goes to Proactive Sports Performance in Westlake Village on Tues-days and Thursdays.
Regardless, he meets Clay Matthews, Andre Carter, C.J. Spiller and other NFL standouts for his first workout of the day.
Ryan Capretta trains them all. He’s the
founder of Proactive. His former trainees include 2001 Super Bowl winners the Bal-timore Ravens and Olympic gold medal-ists. He still trains NFL players Antonio Cromartie, Larry Fitzgerald, Dwight Freeney and Terrell Suggs, too. Capretta had never heard of Goggins before he came to Westlake Village after the NFLPA Colle-giate Bowl. But from his detailed questions about the technical side of workouts, to his
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QUOTE OF THE DAY“If you’re Denver, you’ve got to be thinking, ‘We send him to New York, we basically kill an opponent and at the same time, Tim Tebow doesn’t come back to bite us in the proverbial butt.”
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AT A GLANCE
SU’s quar-terbacks have their last chance to prove themselves before pre-season camp in Saturday’s Spring Game.See page 17
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STAT OF THE DAYNew York Knicks for-ward Carmelo Anthony’s scor-ing average this season. He becomes the first former Syracuse player to win the NBA scoring title.
Goggins draws on past slights, triumphs in battle for place in NFL
sam maller | asst. photo editorDEON GOGGINS currently trains with Ryan Capretta at Proactive Sports Performance. Though his chances of get-ting drafted aren’t high, Goggins is doing everything he can to defy the odds, as he’s done throughout his entire life.
TACKLING THE ODDS
spencer bodian | staff photographerBRIAN MEGILL chose Syracuse over Maryland. Going to Maryland would have meant following in his brother Ray’s footsteps, and Megill wanted to leave his own lasting mark. He’s certainly done so at SU.
I want him to be my best man in my wedding, so he has to be a little bit walking."
Deon GogginsFORMER SU DEFENSIVE LINEMAN ON HIS SON
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