FREE WEDNESDAY march 26, 2014 high 25°, low 10° N • At liberty The D.O. spoke to former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul about his new book and his thoughts on U.S. affairs. Page 3 S • One last look The D.O.’s beat writers examine the Syracuse team heading into the 2014 off- season. Page 20 the independent student newspaper of syracuse, new york | dailyorange.com By Annie Palmer news editor At Wednesday’s meeting the Gradu- ate Student Organization plans to adopt a resolution that will officially establish a Grant Committee to review graduate student requests for travel and research funding. Though the committee was established around five years ago, most decision-making has been done internally, said GSO President Patrick Neary. Tomorrow’s meeting will signify GSO’s plans to improve transparency between committees and the overall GSO senate, he said. “In the past, the committee was simply given the power to make (funding) changes,” Neary said. “We want to put it in front of the senate to show how the program is being operated.” The Grant Committee consists of members of the executive board, the By Ellen Meyers asst. news editor Funk ‘n Waffles, the popular restau- rant known for its unique menu and live music, could be bringing that food and atmosphere to Armory Square if it opens a new location downtown. The restaurant is currently locat- ed on South Crouse Avenue, next to appeThaizing and Roly Poly. The new location would be located on South Clinton Street, in the space where Syracuse University’s XL Projects art gallery used to be. Adam Gold, owner of Funk ‘n Waf- fles, presented his plan for the new location to the Syracuse City Plan- ning Commission Monday evening. He said it is not a “said and done” pro- cess and he won’t hear back on the restaurant approval until mid-April. Gold said the original concept for Funk ‘n Waffles was to be a waffle- specialty restaurant and a music venue merged together. The current Campus Plaza location doesn’t have the space to host huge shows, he said, and he wants to have the space for 200 people to enjoy music and food at the same time. “Armory Square is amazing, but they only have live music on week- ends,” Gold said. “They don’t have breakfast foods on a regular basis. In fact, a lot of places are closed on Sundays or the only two places that have breakfast on Sundays are just packed to the gills.” There is a market in Armory Square for the food Funk ‘n Waffles serves, Gold said. He added that it can be nor- mal for Syracuse residents to avoid the Marshall Street area because of traf- fic, which is another reason why he’s graduate student organization Resolution may create committee Funk ‘n Waffles pitches plan to add location in Armory Square P • Just keep running SU student Rob Faugno will attempt to run 54 miles to raise money for Make-A-Wish Central New York. Page 11 A lot of students are still trying to figure out what our research is going to look like. Peta Long co-chair of the grant committee see waffles page 9 see grants page 10 UNDER LOCK After recent robberies, SU attempts to improve campus security illustration by natalie riess art director AND KEY Group to review funding for traveling, researching By Kate Capodanno staff writer B arbara Jones came into work on a Sunday only to see that her desk had been rummaged through and her lap- top was missing. Jones, a television, radio and film professor, saw obvious signs of a break-in to her office on Feb. 8. It was one of 18 in Newhouse II that showed break-in attempts. Not all of the offices were burglar- ized, but Jones was one of the few who had property stolen. “First I noticed my laptop was missing and then when I came around to the side, my desk clearly had been broken into,” Jones said. Since Jan. 30, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and several other Syracuse Universi- ty buildings became targets for bur- glaries. By Feb. 15, the SU Depart- ment of Public Safety took two sus- pects into custody who are sched- uled to return to court Wednesday, Detective Ed Weber said. The suspects, Duncan “Won- derboy” Miller, 21, and Christo- pher “Shinobi” Dugger, 25 are both charged with two felonies, third-degree burglary and fourth- degree grand larceny, and several see security page 9
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N • at libertyThe D.O. spoke to former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul about his new book and his thoughts on U.S. affairs.Page 3
S • One last lookThe D.O.’s beat writers examine the Syracuse team heading into the 2014 off-season. Page 20
t h e i n d e p e n d e n t s t u d e n t n e w s p a p e r o f s y r a c u s e , n e w y o r k | dailyorange.com
By Annie Palmernews editor
At Wednesday’s meeting the Gradu-ate Student Organization plans to adopt a resolution that will officially establish a Grant Committee to review graduate student requests for travel and research funding.
Though the committee was established around five years ago, most decision-making has been done internally, said GSO President Patrick Neary. Tomorrow’s meeting will signify GSO’s plans to improve
transparency between committees and the overall GSO senate, he said.
“In the past, the committee was simply given the power to make (funding) changes,” Neary said. “We want to put it in front of the senate to show how the program is being operated.”
The Grant Committee consists of members of the executive board, the
By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
Funk ‘n Waffles, the popular restau-rant known for its unique menu and live music, could be bringing that food and atmosphere to Armory Square if it opens a new location downtown.
The restaurant is currently locat-
ed on South Crouse Avenue, next to appeThaizing and Roly Poly. The new location would be located on South Clinton Street, in the space where Syracuse University’s XL Projects art gallery used to be.
Adam Gold, owner of Funk ‘n Waf-fles, presented his plan for the new location to the Syracuse City Plan-
ning Commission Monday evening. He said it is not a “said and done” pro-cess and he won’t hear back on the restaurant approval until mid-April.
Gold said the original concept for Funk ‘n Waffles was to be a waffle-specialty restaurant and a music venue merged together. The current Campus Plaza location doesn’t have the space to
host huge shows, he said, and he wants to have the space for 200 people to enjoy music and food at the same time.
“Armory Square is amazing, but they only have live music on week-ends,” Gold said. “They don’t have breakfast foods on a regular basis. In fact, a lot of places are closed on Sundays or the only two places that
have breakfast on Sundays are just packed to the gills.”
There is a market in Armory Square for the food Funk ‘n Waffles serves, Gold said. He added that it can be nor-mal for Syracuse residents to avoid the Marshall Street area because of traf-fic, which is another reason why he’s
graduate student organization
Resolution may create committee
Funk ‘n Waffles pitches plan to add location in Armory Square
P • Just keep runningSU student Rob Faugno will attempt to run 54 miles to raise money for Make-A-Wish Central New York. Page 11
A lot of students are still trying to figure out what our research is going to look like.Peta Longco-chair of the grant committee
see waffles page 9
see grants page 10
under lock
After recent robberies, SU attempts to improve campus security
illustration by natalie riess art director
and key
Group to review funding for traveling, researching
By Kate Capodannostaff writer
Barbara Jones came into work on a Sunday only to see that her desk had been
rummaged through and her lap-top was missing.
Jones, a television, radio and
film professor, saw obvious signs of a break-in to her office on Feb. 8. It was one of 18 in Newhouse II that showed break-in attempts. Not all of the offices were burglar-ized, but Jones was one of the few who had property stolen.
“First I noticed my laptop was missing and then when I came
around to the side, my desk clearly had been broken into,” Jones said.
Since Jan. 30, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and several other Syracuse Universi-ty buildings became targets for bur-glaries. By Feb. 15, the SU Depart-ment of Public Safety took two sus-pects into custody who are sched-
uled to return to court Wednesday, Detective Ed Weber said.
The suspects, Duncan “Won-derboy” Miller, 21, and Christo-pher “Shinobi” Dugger, 25 are both charged with two felonies, third-degree burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny, and several
see security page 9
2 march 26, 2014 dailyorange.com
By Zoe Malliaroscontributing writer
Talya Sever, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a sharp eye for style. Scouring fashion blogs and Vogue for inspira-tion, Sever has her spring wardrobe set and ready to put on display.
Wearing a J.Crew T-shirt, Victoria’s Secret leggings and a Part Two coat paired with Chanel combat boots and a Chanel cross-body bag, Sever believes it’s chic for women to be able to pull off glamorous street style looks.
“I always find myself looking through Vogue’s street style archives from past New York Fashion Weeks,” Sever said. “Many of the women are wearing pieces you’d never think to pair together, but they make magic. I aim to dress like these women, expressing myself through quirky clothes and high-end accessories.”
As an international student from Turkey, Sever has traveled many plac-es and experienced various cultures. She’s picked up a lot of her knowledge of fashion from the places she’s trav-
eled, like Belgium and France, and she tries to implement those unique ele-ments in her everyday style.
“Traveling gives me a lot of new outlooks. What’s fashionable in one place may not be common some-where else,” Sever said. “People are more laid back in the U.S., so I bring a different look to the table.”
Sever is pictured wearing a Master GMT II Rolex watch. While shopping, she opts for plain, traditional clothes. When it comes to accessories and foot-wear, Sever prefers luxurious items, since she gets the most use out of them.
Sever isn’t only inspired by the women and models she sees flipping through Vogue or perusing the maga-zine’s online archives. She also finds a lot of style ideas and inspiration from fashion icon Olivia Palermo.
“She’s always so put-together and her looks are sophisticated,” Sever said of Palermo. “She sits front row at all the shows and you can tell she takes mental notes of every look. It really shows.”
No matter the season, Sever stays focused on the latest looks.
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i nsi deN • Give me libertyRon Paul spoke about his debut book and shared his thoughts on the economy and foreign policy in a Q&A before speaking Wednesday at Hen-dricks Chapel. Page 3
S • Fresh lookJoe DeMarco broke SU’s faceoff rota-tion in his debut against Duke last weekend. Page 18
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2007 The year the Funk ‘n Waf-
fles opened its Campus Plaza store, which is located on South Crouse Avenue, next to Appeth-aizing and Roly Poly.
ThreeHow many times former
Congressman Ron Paul has run for U.S. president. He ran as a Libertarian in 1998, and as a Republican in 2008 and 2012.
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Former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul will speak at Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday in a lecture titled “Defining Liberty.” Paul served as a representa-tive for the 14th and 22nd congres-sional districts in Texas. He also ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarian, and in 2008 and 2012 as a Republican.
The Daily Orange spoke with Paul to discuss his new book “Liberty Defined” and his take on issues the U.S. is facing today.The Daily Orange: What was your inspiration for writing “Liberty Defined”?Ron Paul: It was mainly to promote what I’ve been trying to promote for a long time, and that is the concept of liberty. There are a lot of different definitions and interpretations so I thought I’d sit down and give my view of it. I don’t think there’s anything really brand new or unique in it other than me talking about these issues and putting them into my own words.The D.O.: What is your “manifesto” on fiscal and social issues?R.P.: Whether it’s social issues, eco-nomic issues or foreign policy, it’s all based on one thing and that is the understanding of what personal lib-erty means and the rights of a person’s life and accepting the non-aggression principle, which says the world would be a lot better place if we all agreed that we weren’t going to hurt anybody.The D.O.: What do you think is the biggest issue facing the U.S. today?R.P.: Of course it is the lack of respect for individual liberty and that’s the broad problem that we have. When you talk about more specific issues that young people are facing, it comes around to fiscal in the sense that we have such a distorted economy. We’ve been taught for nearly 100 years that economics permits spending, deficits don’t matter, borrowing is OK and printing money is fine. Now we’re in a mess where we’re having downturns in the economy but no upturns. Really, it all comes back to the destruction of wealth represented by the debt burden that we’re facing today.The D.O.: The U.S. is in the midst of a global crisis with Russia. What stance do you feel the United States should take in this crisis?R.P.: I think that we should not assume that Ukraine is much of our business. I think it’s somebody else’s business. There’s a reason the Found-ing Fathers advised that we stay out of
Ron Paul discusses book, son
SU offers additional fall coursesBy Brett Samuelsasst. news editor
Registration for fall 2014 classes will begin in the next couple weeks for Syracuse University students and many will notice a few new courses they can take next semester.
The University Senate approved the classes at a Jan. 15 meeting. The courses were presented in a Com-mittee on Curricula report and were unanimously approved by the Senate.
Some of the courses approved at the meeting included an African-American studies course focusing on race, class and gender in Hurricane Katrina, a marketing course about sales management in business-to-business markets and a class that deals with globalization and infor-mation technology.
Another course that will be offered through the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall is ECN 305: “Economics of Personal Finance.” Yildiray Yildirim, a finance profes-sor who is also chair of the finance department, said the course is important, especially for any stu-dents who have never taken any finance or economics courses.
“At the minimum, everyone has to learn how to balance their monthly budget because we all use credit or
university lectures
Playwright acts out snapshotsBy Jackie Frereasst. feature editor
When Anna Deavere Smith walked down a path in Bolinas, Calif., and wanted to pet a fluffy dog, she immediately had to walk away. There was a wolf standing at the edge, watching her and her friends.
“I felt as if the wolf could see everything I had ever done,” Smith said. “It felt like judgment day.”
Smith, a play wright, actress and New York University profes-sor, had to ask herself how much she resembled the fluffy dog. As an artist, she said she has been reach-ing to be in “twilight,” or the space in between.
“What have I given up?” she had asked herself. “Am I a fluffy dog? Or do I have the wolf left inside of me?”
Throughout Tuesday night’s University Lecture, “Snapshots:
Portraits of a World in Transition,” Smith explored different virtues, such as grace and kindness, with the audience. She also shared her own personal life experiences by acting out “snapshots” of people in Hendricks Chapel.
“Even if I don’t believe the peo-ple I portray are in me, I sometimes do see a kind of familiar things,” Smith said.
ANNA DEAVERE SMITH acts out a “snapshot” character in her University Lecture, “Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition,” at Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night. kelli mosher contributing photographer
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@mspad1I loved how @seankirst wove economic justice into his
speech regarding abuse at today’s @VeraHouseInc campaign kickoff. Great job! #VHWRC
From March 28 to April 6, Vera House will hold its 20th annual White Ribbon cam-paign in order to raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence. With the help of the Division of Student Affairs, there will be a week of awareness-raising events on campus.
When “To Kill a Mockingbird’s” Atticus Finch suggested his daugh-ter try considering things from
someone else’s perspective, he probably wasn’t imagining a cluster of men stumbling down Walton Street in high heels.
But that literal interpretation is just the attention-grabber that Vera House has planned to kick off its annual White Ribbon campaign against domestic and sexual violence on March 28. While the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event is an effective way to spur broad conversation on an important topic, it’s imperative that the spectacle does not overshadow the cause.
Although the whole community is encour-aged to join, the event is largely characterized by the many male participants that slide into women’s shoes — and sometimes women’s clothing — for the less-than-a-mile downtown trek. Chris Benton, Vera House’s director of communications and special events, said she expected about 200 men and women in a variety of get-ups to gather in Clinton Square at noon for this year’s event. Registration is still available online.
Now in its 20th year in Onondaga County, the White Ribbon campaign particularly emphasizes male leadership in the fight against domestic and sexual violence. So the emphasis on male participation in the international Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event makes it a natural fit.
It also makes for a media attraction that launches the White Ribbon campaign into local prominence. “It’s just a great way for us to get the community talking about the issue,” Benton said.
But the focus of this press coverage and community conversations should steer away from the surface-level — overblown drag outfits and the “bravery” of the men who don stilettos. These emphases only trivialize and lessen the experiences of domestic violence victims as well as the transgender community.
Squeezing into a pair of high heels will never be sufficient to truly empathize with or understand the victims of domestic and
sexual violence. Vera House received some criticism regard-
ing this when it first connected with Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in 2009, Benton said. But after talking it over and changing their promotional material to eliminate an obviously male leg and add a greater variety of shoes — her shoes can be flip-flops and sneakers, too — they’ve found that the community has responded well to the event.
And Vera House commendably keeps the educational and supportive aspect of the event at the forefront. The event includes a brief presentation before the walk and a request that participants tie a piece of white ribbon around a tree or lamppost along the route as a visual reminder of the White Ribbon campaign, Benton said.
Within this context, the wild shoe choices just help establish a fun and non-threatening environment.
Starting with the walk, the White Ribbon campaign will continue for 10 days. Largely thanks to the influence of Syracuse University’s former dean of student affairs, Tom Wolfe, the campaign has a particular presence on campus. For example, Benton said the university book-store will sell the white ribbons that both raise funds for Vera House and symbolize support for the fight against domestic and sexual violence.
The White Ribbon campaign is an admirable cause that deserves our attention and support. Whether we choose to participate by buying a ribbon or by trekking through Armory Square, it’s important that we recognize the issues at the heart of the campaign.
Nicki Gorny is a junior newspaper and online journalism and Spanish major. Her
column appears weekly. She can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter
@Nicki_Gorny.
NICKI GORNY THAT’S WHAT SHE SAIDSamsung is ahead of the curve in more
ways than one.At its product unveiling last Thurs-
day, the company revealed its first ultra HD (UHD) curved TV display. These rounded screens have 4K resolution — four times the resolution of current HD TVs — and will be available in various sizes this year.
Samsung isn’t alone when it comes to TV’s new shape. When television manufacturers revealed their 2014 models at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, many compa-nies had already planned to release a curved display at some point this year. In an area where design has been stagnant since the transition to flat screens, we are once again on the brink of a game-changer.
There is no doubt that the design is eye-catching and will attract people to test out the new style. Normal flat screens make the center of the picture seem larger while the curved display gives the viewer a more theat-rical effect. Even with its curved design, users can still mount the TV on walls to complete their home theater.
“Makes you feel like you are part of the action,” said Dave Das, Samsung’s vice presi-dent of home entertainment marketing in a March 21 USA Today article.
The price however, still leaves a lot to be desired. The U9000 series of Samsung’s curved LCD TVs is offered in three sizes (55’, 65’, 78’) and ranges from $3,999.99 to $7,999.99, as listed on Samsung’s website. Samsung’s prized jewel, the 105-inch curved panel, won’t be available until later this year.
Like when the flat screen TV’s first came out, only the super wealthy will have their hands on these large curved screens until the price is dropped. I’ll give it until Black Friday.
It’s hard to imagine a screen four times as clear as the high definition technology we already have. If you were wondering, all non-UHD video will automatically be converted to 4K resolution using built-in technology. It’ll be interesting to see how much of a difference
we’ll be able to notice on the UHD picture quality.
These theater-like displays are a godsend to 3D moviemakers. The U9000 series comes equipped with an Auto Depth Enhancer that can automatically adjust contrast for a greater sense of depth. It’s almost like 3D without the glasses.
It’s still in its early stages, but I have a feeling curved TVs could eventually overtake flat screens in the television market. Whether there are practical advantages or not, curved TVs will be highly coveted soon simply because it represents luxury.
Its success will largely depend on two things: jealousy and the male ego.
TVs fall into the same category as cars. There’s a sense of dignity in having the nicest, largest and flashiest one. When men invite their buddies over on Football Sunday, they want something they can flaunt and be proud of. After you see one friend with one, the countdown begins for you to purchase your own or be left behind.
One thing is for sure: Samsung knows hardware. They’ve pioneered us from big-bodied television sets, to thick flat screens, to ultra thin flat screens and now to the curved TV. More importantly, people will flock to this design simply because it’s the flashy new toy in a television market that is desperate for change. The transition won’t happen overnight or even within this first year, but the takeover is coming.
The curved design is bringing sexy back to TVs.
Aarick Knighton is a sophomore informa-tion mmanagement and technology major.
Samsung changes TV industry with curved sets, 4K resolution
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Koch brothers jeopardize political process with financial influenceRACHEL POTTER50 SHADES OF BLUEIn a country that prides itself on democ-
racy, it is incredibly ironic that political influence can be gained through obscene-
ly large donations to political candidates. There is a feud between Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid and Senator David Vitter about the patriotism of the Koch brothers. In late February, Harry Reid began a personal campaign against the Koch brothers. He has accused them of being “about as un-American as anyone I can imagine,” according to a Feb. 26 Huffington Post article. Reid has also cred-ited delayed U.S. aid to Ukraine to the political power of the Koch brothers.
David Vitter disagreed, and combated this statement in a Shreveport town hall meeting by stating that the brothers are “two of the most patriotic Americans in the history of the earth,” according to a Mar. 21 MSNBC article. This argument about the Koch brothers has focused media attention on their expansive political power.
As both parties are preparing for the 2014-midterm elections, the Koch brothers’ influence is as apparent as ever. The Demo-crats are attempting to compete with the
Koch brothers’ efforts, with the Senate Major-ity PAC’s $3 million ad campaign against the two billionaires.
Americans for Prosperity, an organization backed by the Koch brothers, has spent approxi-mately 10 times as much as the Senate Majority PAC. The sheer amount of their spending shows that the brothers are two of the most influential players in the coming election.
Charles and David Koch are the owners of Koch Industries, a massive oil conglomerate. As two of the richest people in the United States, they use enormous donations to influ-ence elections and politicians. They have been consistently accused of promoting elitist ideals and advancing their personal interests. As supporters of decentralized government, a majority of their support has been aimed at the Republican Party.
Regardless of political affiliation, it is easy
to see how problematic it is for individuals and corporations to be able to gain expansive political influence through massive donations.
This isn’t the first time the Koch brothers have used their personal wealth to gain politi-cal influence. According to a March 15 Huff-ington Post Article, the Koch brothers spent at least $1.7 billion on lobbying and politics in the 2012 election cycle. These donations have had enormous influence in American politics.
When considering the facts, Senator Harry Reid has a valid point about the Koch broth-ers’ lack of patriotism. As a fundamentally democratic nation, rigging elections through extraordinarily large donations directly undermines the influence of the
electorate. It allows the Koch brothers to have political influence far beyond what ordi-nary Americans are entitled to.
There is a clear correlation between deci-sion making and the donations a candidate has received. Elections are becoming increas-ingly expensive. According to a July 2013 CNN article, the average cost to win a House of Representatives election is $1.6 million and $10.4 million for Senate elections. As
donations are becoming more important in elections, so are donors.
It is impossible that these donations do not directly affect the decision-making processes of elected officials. Without donations, most politicians would not be able to run successful campaigns.
Several solutions have been proposed to resolve this clear and growing problem. The most viable of those solutions is public fund-ing of elections. There are several ways to orchestrate public financing of elections, but the concept remains consistent.
If elections are funded without large donors such as the Koch brothers, politicians will primarily be obligated to satisfy their constit-uents. Public financing legislation has been passed in Arizona, Connecticut and Maine. Until public financing of elections gains more traction across the nation, the Koch brothers, among many others, will continue to have far reaching influence over elections.
Rachel Potter is a junior political science and sociology major. Her column appears weekly.
White Ribbon campaign brings attention to domestic violence
OOPINION dailyorange.com @dailyorange march 26, 2014• PAGE 5
Syracuse University’s security system needs a revamp — either with better locks or more officers on patrol.
Faculty members and professors have been victims of burglary on multiple occasions this semester. In February, there were at least 18 attempted break-ins on the third floor of Newhouse II, along with eight other academic buildings that were burglar-ized, including Huntington Hall, the College of Law and Crouse College.
On Feb. 15, the Department of Public Safety arrested two people and found them with two stolen laptops. The two were later charged with third-degree burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny. Officers charged one of the thieves with misdemeanor possession of burglar’s tools, after finding two flathead screwdrivers on him.
On Feb. 11 DPS associate chief John Sardino said SU was looking to install an electronic lock system on all classroom doors on campus — around 900 locks in total. These locks should also be added onto office doors and on entrances.
Locks can be a serious investment, and should be of the highest quality. If burglars in the past were able to break into buildings by using household
items such as screwdrivers, the new locks installed must be strong enough to withstand all burglary tools. If they’re not, it defeats the entire purpose of installing so many locks, which could be a large expense.
SU should also consider putting money toward more patrol officers. Campus building officials have requested more security cameras in response to the thefts, but equip-ment and installation tend to be very expensive.
While cameras and locks are helpful to prevent crimes, ultimately it is officers that make the biggest difference. While surveillance footage helped a DPS officer recognize the two thieves arrested on Feb. 15, it was the efforts of the DPS sergeant on patrol that resulted in the arrest.
Surveillance cameras are an effective tool for retroactive crime prevention and are helpful for solv-ing crimes, but with more than 500 cameras on campus already, it’s clear that cameras don’t prevent crimes. Instead, more resources should be focused on improving the amount of officers on patrol, as they can proactively deter and prevent crimes.
editorial | by the daily orange editorial board
University requires better security options
Tonight, The College Republicans at Syracuse University are hosting a lec-ture by former Texas Congressman Ron Paul titled “Defining Liberty.” It will be a great experience to hear an outspoken former politician whose views are con-sidered to be appealing to the youngest generation of voters in America.
Hearing a non-interventionist advo-cate speak at SU will increase opinion diversity on campus, and will appeal to those on the left side of the spectrum who have been advocating a more pacifist foreign policy along with many
other Americans that are simply weary of the recent foreign engagements our country has been involved in. Hearing his position on campus will likely be a reminder of the differing opinion the Republican Party has to offer in con-trast to the familiar neoconservative views of other Republicans.
Aside from foreign policy, Paul’s strand of Republicanism advocates for the increasingly popular legality of drugs such as marijuana. According to Paul, current drug laws have targeted minorities and increased incarceration
rates amongst them. Recent initiatives in the decriminalization and regulated sale of marijuana in Colorado and Washington lie very much in line with proposals that Paul has pushed for throughout his decades-long experi-ence in Congress and during his numer-ous presidential runs. Students should be able to admire a politician that has stayed true to his positions even when they were unpopular and dismissed.
Fiscally, Paul has always been at the forefront of pushing for citizens to keep more of their hard earned dollars. He
has always promoted a flat tax, in place of the current federal income tax to alleviate this problem. These proposals along with his long stated view of “End-ing the Fed” have been a rallying cry to his supporters to decrease government inference in our economy. These points may not be as familiar with our genera-tion currently but are worth investigat-ing as an alternative to mainstream economic theories.
Remember to get your free tickets before they sell out at the Schine Student Center Box Office to hear this
renowned speaker. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and he will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.
This event provides a thought-provoking speaker for millennials on all ends of the spectrum. I encourage all students to attend this event and come with an open mind to learn and enjoy Paul’s political perspective.
Dimitri SkambasJunior economics major in the Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences.
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cityevery wednesday in news dailyorange.com @dailyorange march 26, 2014 • page 7
By Zane Warmanstaff writer
Despite public opposition from Mayor Stephanie Miner, developers of the
Destiny USA mall are pursuing tax breaks in order to fund construction of a hotel nearby.
Developers of the 255-room hotel, which is estimated to cost $75 mil-lion, are seeking a 20-year prop-erty tax exemption, according to a March 10 Post-Standard article. The exemption Destiny USA is pursuing
would cost taxpayers $20 million in tax revenue, according to the article.
Miner specified that she wouldn’t oppose the construction if it were privately financed, but is taking a stand against the hotel receiving public benefits “at a time when the city is searching for funds to fill police vacancies and address costly infrastructure issues,” according to a Feb. 12 press release.
“Destiny already has received an unprecedented tax break worth hundreds of millions of tax dollars for promising, among other things, a
Destiny USA developer pursues tax deal for potential hotel
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bigger hotel,” Miner said in the press release. “They should not receive additional benefits for a project they failed to deliver. Most importantly, the community will not receive any material benefits for incentivizing a hotel next to a successful mall.”
Previously, the Destiny project proposed the Emerald 5 ShowTel and Conference Center, a 1,342-room, 39-story hotel adjacent to Destiny USA. Construction on the
hotel never started, according to the press release.
In 2012, the developer announced that although it was given a 30-year local tax exemption on the condition that the hotel would be built and the mall expanded, there would be no further development.
Destiny has already received “an unprecedented tax break totaling hundreds of millions in lost revenue to the city and county,” according to the release. The Emerald 5 was the second unfulfilled promise by devel-opers for a nearby hotel. The first was a hotel called the Grand Destiny, which was never built, according to the release.
Despite the mayor’s lack of sup-port for the project, Destiny USA is permitted to go through the planning and permitting process the same as any other business. Tax breaks are determined by the Onondaga County Industrial Devel-opment Agency, which has stated it reserves its legal right to create a new tax deal for the proposed hotel, according to the press release.
“We have a chance to learn from and not repeat the mistakes of the past,” Miner said in the release. “We should not accept the principle that what is good for Destiny is good for Syracuse. The people of our communi-ty deserve a thoughtful and reasoned economic development strategy, not one that gives tax breaks without tan-gible public benefits and without serv-ing any logical public policy.”
[email protected] USA attracts shoppers of all ages, and now mall developers are pursuing tax breaks to fund construc-tion for a hotel that would be built near the mall. daily orange file photo
Destiny USA mall has been steadily adding stores and entertainment to its newer section. daily orange file photo
“The majority of people that attend busi-nesses on Marshall Street are students, fami-lies of students and people going to sports games,” he said. “It’s a pretty specific market.”
Patricia Fernandez, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major at SU, said she thinks a new location in Armory Square is “pret-ty sweet,” but it may not be ideal for SU students.
“I think I might try it,” she said. “It’s prob-ably not great for university students, just because we have one over here, but it’s cool to have it. There’s a chance that it’s bigger, better.”
Wensi Zeng, a senior accounting major, said she doesn’t know where Armory Square is, but she might go to the new location if Funk ‘n Waffles had a different menu from the Campus Plaza location.
The Armory Square location will have a waffle-based menu bigger than the Campus
Plaza location’s and will also have a full liquor license, Gold said.
Gold said he may consider a beer and wine license for the Campus Plaza location, but getting a full-liquor license would be “irresponsible.”
“I’ve seen so many places get closed down because of underage drinking, and it would just seem irresponsible if I ended up getting stuck with a bunch of underage kids who have fake IDs,” he said. “At the same time, I think we can make it work.”
Fernandez said if she were 21 years old, then she might go to the Armory Square location to eat and drink. Though she wasn’t sure how liquor would taste with waffles, she said she can imagine SU students going to the Armory Square location to consume waffles with alcohol.
Zeng would go to the new location on an evening out with friends to try the food with alcohol, she said, but she is indifferent about the liquor license.
Said Zeng: “I go to Funk ‘n Waffles because of the waffles, not for the liquor.”
[email protected] | @Ellen_MeyersFunk ‘n Waffles, currently located in the Campus Plaza behind Marshall Street, could poten-tially open a new location in Armory Square. joshuah romero asst. photo editor
these kinds of things. Some of these problems are difficult so why should we be in the middle? Why do we have to take this position between one side and the other? Maybe that should be a European responsibility and we shouldn’t dump it on to a whole generation of young people who would have
to pay for this. I would stick to my principles of non-intervention.The D.O.: How would you stimulate the economy?R.P.: The best stimulation would be to get rid of the income tax, quit printing money and quit monetizing debt. That means the government would have to quit spending money. If you radi-cally reduce many of these regulations that are nothing but mischief, which is the difference
between a managed economy and a free market, and I would do anything and everything to move in the direction of a free market.The D.O.: You’ve made a few runs at the presi-dency in the past, what do you think of a potential run by your son, Rand, in 2016?R.P.: I think he’s doing a very good job. He has a ways to go but the one thing that I’ve warned him about is to be prepared because he’s doing it so well that once he challenges the establishment,
they can get pretty nasty. The D.O.: What do you feel are the biggest ideo-logical differences between you and your son?R.P.: I don’t think there’s a whole lot. I’ve never claimed that he believes everything I do. He’s an individual who has been taught to think for him-self. I would say we’re very, very close but people explain things differently and there definitely will be some differences, but there’s nothing major.
misdemeanors including resisting arrest and third degree criminal trespass.
Since the string of burglaries, officials from various campus buildings in the areas affected by the thefts have requested to install security cameras, said Hannah Warren, DPS public infor-mation and internal communications officer.
As of now, DPS has approximately 500–600 cameras positioned around campus that pro-vide a total of 700–800 different views of the campus, Warren said. The cameras can pivot and tilt to face different directions and record different perspectives of an area.
By January 2015, DPS hopes to increase the number of camera views on campus to about 800–1,000, providing officers with new oppor-tunities to catch suspects. DPS Chief Tony Cal-listo also said the university has discussed the option of adding around 900 electronic locks to several classroom doors on SU’s campus. But because they have a lot of doors to cover, he said
the process may take many months.Jones said the thought of someone rummag-
ing through her stuff made her feel violated.“With a bit of thinking they probably could
have accessed some of my own personal finan-cials and certainly private information about students,” Jones added.
Weber said he believes that more camera angles would have helped in the case’s investigation.
To catch the suspects DPS used the burglary suppression team, a group of officers assigned to act as additional patrol looking for suspi-cious activity. DPS also provided officers with a photo of the suspects retrieved from campus security cameras to help them know who to look for, Weber said.
“The reason why we had a description of the suspects at all was because we had security footage of the suspects leaving and entering Archbold Gym,” Warren said.
Other measures like an electronic security system are already in place at SU even though fac-ulty, staff and students may not realize it is there.
“We cannot have a camera for every foot of this campus,” Weber said. “But if we get some
areas that we can actually trace people walking from a building down to the next area we have cameras that would give us a little more insight.”
Weber explained that a system that allows officers to monitor foot traffic is already in place, but recently DPS has begun making sug-gestions about new camera angles that would make identifying suspects easier.
Areas with high foot traffic create the most concern, Weber said. The Carrier Dome, the Quad — where several buildings were targeted — E.S. Bird Library and Newhouse are all pri-orities for establishing new camera angles.
All of the permanent cameras would be placed outside of entrances to track the path of a potential suspect, Weber said. DPS would only consider placing a camera inside if it could be installed and removed immediately, he added.
Individuals intent on committing a crime or burglary will look for cameras and other security devices, Weber said. He added that the suspects took this into account when they hit offices and buildings on campus because the places that were targeted did not have a lot of camera coverage.
Jones, one of the burglary victims, suggested that students and staff be required to swipe into every building on campus, especially in the evening.
“You guys already have cards, we all have cards, what would it take for those cards to also contain data that gives us access to a building?” Jones said.
However, with the exception of a few buildings like Hendricks Chapel, all buildings on campus are already outfitted for card access, Warren said.
The building coordinator determines each campus building’s hours of operation, Warren said. DPS has no say in when the buildings close for the night, she added.
She pointed out that camera equipment is expensive and installing new cameras takes a lot of coordination. Cameras are not going to prevent crimes, but an effective electronic security system and a strong officer presence will help deter criminal activity, Warren said.
Warren added: “Yes, we have electronic security systems, but our officers are also a security system in their own right and we do try to make changes to help them and make them be the most efficient as possible.”
debit cards, pay utilities and rents,” Yildir-im said.
He added that once students enter the work-ing world, if they have anything left over from their salary or allowances, they may want to save it or invest it.
“If you decide to invest, you need to learn your options,” Yildirim said.
AAS 412: “Hurricane Katrina: Race, Class, Gender & Disaster” will also be offered for the first time next semester. The class will look at understanding the influence of race, class, gender and age inequalities resulting from Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans levees breaches and the 2010 BP oil spill, according to the course catalog.
A similar course has previously been offered in the Department of African-American Stud-ies. Professor Kishi Animashaun Ducre taught a class titled AAS 400: “Hurricane Katrina” in the spring of 2012.
That course explored the development of the Gulf region of the United States and looked specifically at the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, according to the course’s syllabus.
A few additional new courses will also be offered this coming fall, such as HOM 325: “Music in Latin America,” GEO 450: “Geogra-phies of Migration and Mobility,” and EAR 311: “Introduction to Geophysical Methods,” accord-ing to the Committee on Curricula report.
Early registration for the fall 2014 semester begins on April 7, while the last day for early registration for undergraduates is May 7.
Smith, a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony award nominee, said she takes away certain things from the people she
portrays in acting. Whether it’s humorous or serious, she asks if there is a way to respond to the world in a more meaningful way.
Smith is well-known as an author and per-former of one-woman, multi-character plays that deal with social issues in the U.S., accord-ing to the University Lectures website.
In “Static,” Smith’s first snapshot, she por-trayed a Jewish woman who couldn’t turn off a radio because the Torah said so. She had to convince a little black boy down the street to turn it off for her, making her look dumb in the process.
Her second snapshot was of former Texas
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anna deavere smith, a playwright, actress and New York University professor, shared personal experiences at Tuesday night’s Uni-versity Lecture by acting out “snapshots” of different types of characters for the audience. kelli mosher contributing photographer
Gov. Ann Richards. As Smith was acting out the role of Richards recently undergoing chemo-therapy, she had the audience participate in the dialogue, filling the room with laughter at her Texan accent.
“I can’t talk to you right now, you’re using up my chi,” Smith said as Richards.
Smith was able to make the audience not only laugh, but also cry in a matter of minutes with her personal snapshot of her Aunt Lor-raine. In the monologue called “Gloves,” she acted as her aunt reminiscing about putting her hands in her mother’s arms after school during the Great Depression. Their family of eight couldn’t afford gloves and their mother would greet them with her open arms to warm them up in the cold.
While acting as Rabbi David Wolpe, Smith spoke to the audience about God and the fault of mankind. Wolpe stressed all humans make mistakes.
“I think that the line of good and evil lives inside every human being,” Smith said as Wolpe.
Exploring the topics of domestic violence and racism, Smith portrayed a woman in a cor-rectional institution and Congressman John Lewis. The final snapshot, “Brother,” recount-ed the congressman forgiving a Ku Klux Klan member. The KKK member called him brother and Lewis reciprocated.
Daniel Chavarriaga, a sophomore acting major, said he has performed monologues from her play, “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” and wanted to see her perform.
“I’m inspired by what she did,” Chavarriaga said. “I really thought she did a really good job and how she captivated their emotional state. That was just awesome.”
Miranda Williams, a senior psychology and women and gender studies major, said Smith’s lecture was moving. Her favorite snapshot was “Gloves,” because of Smith’s personal connec-tion to her aunt.
“Her acting was incredible,” Williams said. “It was really real.”
senate and two co-chairs who process appli-cations that request funding for travel and research endeavors. The travel grants cover expenses when students go to conferences, while the research grants cover the costs of things like research materials.
Around 250 students usually apply for travel grants, but only 20–30 students apply for research grants because the program has only been active since last spring, said Peta Long, co-chair of the Grant Committee. The sen-ate receives far less applications for research grants because the process to apply is “very extensive,” she said.
“A lot of students are still trying to figure out what our research is going to look like,” Long said.
For the 2013–14 academic year, Neary said travel grants were allotted $52,500 and research grants were given $12,500. Students who apply
for travel grants can receive up to $300, while research grants are capped at $500 per person.
Though the program is one of GSO’s most popular services, Neary said it will likely see some budget cuts. Last year, travel grants were $55,000. The grants were cut to $52,500 this year as a result of some oversight by a 2011 GSO comptroller, Neary said.
The comptroller approached enrollment asking what the graduate population was, but didn’t distinguish that not all graduate stu-dents pay a student fee for GSO to run, he said. The GSO collects fees from all matriculated, main campus students. This disqualifies online students and non-matriculated students, such as professors who take one or two classes, Neary said.
This meant that the comptroller recorded a graduate population of 5,600 students instead of the 4,700 who paid the fee. Neary said GSO swiftly went from a budget of $525,000 per year to $390,000.
“We had a fairly good roll-over cushion for
the next year,” he said. “But because of that we did about $45,000 in emergency cuts — some of which had to be made to the travel program.”
The resolution proposes that students can apply for one research grant and one travel grant per year, which Neary said has become a point of contention among the senate.
In a previous senate meeting, he said a stu-dent brought up a vote independently of the committee that would limit students to one application total — either research or travel.
“The committee would like to switch it back to one of each program,” Neary said. “There are pros and cons to each side. I’m not even sure where I identify, but wealth redistribution gets tricky.”
Neary described it as a “concentrated ben-efits issue.” Because students can receive up to $800, the senate wants to make sure that one student doesn’t receive a disproportionately large amount of money, he said.
The resolution will allow students to apply for travel grants every month, as opposed to every semester, and will permit them to apply
for research grants as well, Long said. The sen-ate decided to allow applications every month so that the number of applications would be evenly distributed throughout the year. If applications were only accepted in December and April, like Long said they were before, the senate might receive as many as 175 applica-tions at a time.
“We’re encouraging (students) to plan accordingly and apply in a timely fashion,” Long said.
Regardless of debate, Long said the resolu-tion being addressed on Wednesday will stan-dardize the way students apply for grants and the way that grants are reviewed and rewarded. She said the ultimate goal is to move away from operating the committee in an ad-hoc fashion and toward a body that works hand in hand with the entire senate.
Said Long: “We’re presenting it to the senate so they can approve and create a legacy of a standard based on efficiency.”
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By Emma Batycontributing writer
For a decade, Rob Faugno watched his sister Bartolina go through hospital visits, new
medications, bandages, wires and terrible side effects.
Right before she was to undergo surgery to remove a tumor on her brain stem five years ago, Barto-lina was offered a “wish” through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. But when they asked her what she want-ed, she said:
“I don’t understand, wishes are for sick kids … I’m not sick, so you should give my wish to someone who needs it.”
Rob, a junior marketing and entrepreneurship and emerging
enterprises dual major, was in the room at the time. Ever since that day, he has been inspired by her decision.
Now Rob is trying to help other children like his sister. On April 11, Bartolina’s 18th birthday, he will run 54 miles from the Pi Kappa Alpha house at Syracuse University to the Pi Kappa Alpha house at Cor-nell University.
He wants to raise money and awareness for Make-A-Wish Cen-tral New York, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. His goal is to raise $50,000.
Rob’s run is partly to celebrate Bartolina’s progress. This fall, she will attend Lesley University in Boston, a milestone doctors never thought she would reach.
“This is honoring how far she’s come and how amazing her journey has been,” Rob said.
When Rob first came up with the idea, his friends and family ques-
tioned his ability to run such a long distance. He had never run more than 10 miles at one time.
“The way I look at it is, nobody asks an 8-year-old kid if he can han-dle leukemia, but they do that. So I wanted to do something that was a little bit foreign to me to symbolize that — what these kids do,” Rob said.
Make-A-Wish Central New York enlisted the help of Fleet Feet, a Syracuse running store that helped Faugno outline his training and out-fitted him with gear. He has been training for 16 weeks and had to change his diet to accommodate the extra exercise.
“The training is hard and it takes a toll on your body, but the way I look at it is I’m not running for me anymore,” Faugno said.
On average, a wish in Central New York costs $9,000. Rob already has close to $10,000. This is the largest individual goal Make-A-Wish Cen-tral New York has ever seen, said Diane Kuppermann, the organiza-tion’s president and CEO.
“It’s not every day that a young man or woman comes to you saying, ‘I wanna run 54 miles and raise over $50,000 for Make-A-Wish,’” Kupper-man said. “So our first priority was to make sure Rob was safe in doing what he wanted to do.”
Granting wishes is something of a family business for the Faugnos. Rob’s uncle is Buddy Valastro of TLC’s “Cake Boss.” Rob’s mother and father both work at Carlo’s Bak-ery, which Valastro runs, and as a
The training is hard and it takes a toll on your body, but the way I look at it is I’m not running for me anymore.Rob Faugnojunior marketing and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises dual major
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ROB FAUGNO, a junior marketing and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises dual major, will run the 54 miles between the Pi Kappa Alpha house at Syracuse University to the frater-nity’s Cornell chapter. He hopes his run will raise $50,000 and awareness for Make-A-Wish Central New York. He’s raised close to $10,000 so far. spencer bodian staff photographer
Timi Kimonibo has been swapping clothes since 2009. But after the Houston native moved to Syracuse University for graduate school, she started hosting events for her friends to spruce up their wardrobes.
The feedback from her first two closet swaps, both hosted in Kimonibo’s living room within the last year, was nothing but positive. The last swap hosted approximately 30 guests she knew from church, SU and the surrounding community.
“My house simply wasn’t big enough for it,” Kimonibo said. “More people need access to the experience.”
On Friday, March 28, Style Lottery is bring-ing the closet swap experience to SU’s Hall of Languages, from 4–7 p.m. The swap — which is free — will help introduce new patterns, prints and textures of clothing into students’ wardrobes. Shirts, blouses, dresses, slacks, jackets, blazers, shoes and jewelry are all acceptable as donations.
Style Lottery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainable fashion. Kimonibo, the founder of Style Lottery, hosts closet swaps to encourage women to restyle and reuse items in their closets.
Donated items give hardworking young women from low-income communities in Syra-cuse a free shopping spree. Kimonibo just asks that attendees bring at least four to five items of clothing to donate, and participants may leave with as much as they can carry.
Kimonibo said the concept was inspired by an episode of “Hoarders” on TLC. She recalls the people on the episode unable to get rid of their materialistic things — the end result was
nothing but waste. Style Lottery allows Kimonibo to leave
behind a smaller carbon footprint. She said she has made Style Lottery reflective of her beliefs on sustainability and charity.
Kimonibo gives up shopping for the entire month prior to any closet swap. She said it’s a big challenge, but it’s a discipline she finds very rewarding.
For the closet swaps, Kimonibo works closely alongside Nievez Alvarez, a public relations mas-ter’s student and strategic coordinator for Style Lottery; Alexis Morris, the logistics manager for Style Lottery; and Jennifer Osias, a first year SU graduate student in the public diplomacy pro-gram and a campus relations director.
“I have a very effective team,” Kimonibo said. Kimonibo said that mindlessly throwing away
clothes we no longer wear is wasteful; clothing swaps change the way we consume. She said her mantra is that people don’t have to become less fashionable, just more mindful.
The best part of the closet swap, said Kimo-nibo, is that the event attracts so many differ-ent types of people from different backgrounds. It allows shoppers to incorporate international styles into their wardrobes.
As a woman with a Nigerian background, Kimonibo expresses a great deal of interest in refugee organizations. She says she has an understanding of what it’s like to be in a new country without the right fashion sense.
“Our goal is to use fashion to promote phi-lanthropy and self-empowerment,” Osias said.
Kimonibo hopes for a good turnout for Fri-day’s event, since whatever is left over will be donated to women in refugee organizations. The team hopes to involve more people and
expand the swaps in the future by incorporat-ing more organizations, such as Hopeprint, InterFaith Works and other Syracuse area non-profits. By merging efforts, Kimonibo hopes the Style Lottery team will be able to help hospitals and afterschool programs.
The team predicts a good turnout with their larger location at the Hall of Languages.
“The location is advantageous,” said Alva-rez, who is in charge of attracting guests via
Facebook. “We are expecting a large and more diverse audience, therefore expanding the clothing inventory we have.”
The mission Style Lottery strives to achieve is to restyle, reuse and reward.
Said Osias: “I hope that those who come to our clothing swaps gain not only a cute new outfit, but also inspiration to solve everyday problems in new, creative ways.”
Style Lottery closet swap to benefit refugee organizations
ELIZABETH OKUGO participates in a Style Lottery closet swap in Houston. The organiza-tion’s founder, Timi Kimonibo, started swapping in 2009. courtesy of timi kimonibo
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“Need For Speed”Director: Scott WaughCast: Aaron Paul, Scott Mescudi, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael KeatonRelease date: March 14Rating: 1.5/5
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By Vince Lonctostaff writer
For a movie that starts in second gear, most of “Need For Speed” is as about as good as being stuck in traffic.
“Need For Speed,” directed by Scott Waugh and based on the Electronic Arts racing juggernaut of the same name, has its moments, but is filled with plot holes that make the film laughable.
The movie begins in tiny Mount Kisco, N.Y., where Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul) and his crew run an auto body shop. The group competes in off-road races in order to keep the shop afloat.
The amount of technology the team had to help Tobey was unbelievable. For example, Tobey’s pal Benny (Scott Mescudi) flew a Cessna and radioed in to Tobey’s car to help him make his next moves.
After the opening scene’s race, Tobey is con-fronted by Dino Brewster — Tobey’s old racing rival who made it big on professional circuits after cutting town.
In one large missed opportunity for the flick, Dominic Cooper was far too stereotypical of a villain as the antagonistic Dino, which made his supposedly cunning character come off as dry.
There was little background information about Tobey and Dino’s relationship other than that though, which almost made the beginning of the movie seem like it was a sequel to an earlier film.
Aware that Tobey’s shop is in dire straits, Dino offers Tobey 25 percent of the $2 mil-lion expected payout if his team can finish work on a souped-up Ford Mustang. Tobey begrudgingly accepts, and he and the young-est member of his gang, Pete (Harrison Gil-berston), drive the finished product for Dino
and Julia (Imogen Poots), who has offered to buy the car for $3 million if it can reach 230 miles an hour. Tobey gets the Mustang to 234 mph, showing up Dino.
Trying to save face, Dino challenges Tobey and Pete to a race, during which Dino fishtails the Mustang Pete is driving, sending him over a bridge railing. Dino flees, and Tobey is sent to jail for Pete’s death.
Waugh did a nice job of giving tribute to EA’s franchise, as several cars and areas highlighted were from the games. The camera work was fast-paced and engaging during the chase scenes, quickly panning between Tobey’s perspective and side or aerial shots of the cars. When there were crashes, the film went into slow motion, another aspect cleverly borrowed from some of the “Need For Speed” video games.
The movie ends up flashing forward two years, showing a Tobey determined to avenge Pete’s death, but hardly different otherwise. Aaron Paul, expected to carry the film as Tobey, was far from the form that won him acclaim in “Breaking Bad.”
Julia, who now has the Mustang, suggests
that Tobey enter the De Leon, a high-end drag race. However, he only has 48 hours to reach
California until the race begins outside of San Francisco. In attempts to keep Tobey from
racing, Dino offers $2 million to anyone who stops him from entering the competition by any means necessary.
The rest of “Need For Speed” is filled with crazy chases and subsequent escapes from both the cops and Dino’s cronies.
In between the too few and far between chas-es and races, attempts to develop the characters fell flat. Most notably, the relationship between Tobey and Julia was stale, as it started off tense, but became amicable much too quickly and with-out much reason. It was clear that Paul and Poots had little on-screen chemistry.
Much of the cast was also largely unable to show off any of their skills, though crewmem-ber Finn (Remi Malek) smartly delivered most of the film’s best punchlines. Additionally, it was fun to watch Scott Mescudi — he is Kid Cudi, after all.
Overall, between many of the action scenes, “Need For Speed” failed to fit together. But if you’re game for a movie you can laugh at, it works.
If not, take your foot off the gas pedal, and get off at the next exit.
Offcourse‘Need For Speed’ veers into laughable territory with sloppy story, flat acting
GAME ON“Need For Speed” isn’t the only video game franchise to hit the silver screen — here’s a look at the top five highest grossing video game adaptations.
1. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - $131 million2. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $90 million3. Pokemon: The First Movie - $85 million4. Mortal Kombat - $70 million5. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - $65 million
illustration by christina mastrull contributing illustrator
No, not sexy dirty — more like the hippie-dippy, grimy kind of dirty. And that’s because “cleansing reduction” is a new trend that encourages bathing or showering only a couple of times per week.
Yes, this sounds unhygienic at first, but too much cleansing can strip the skin and hair of essential natural oils. The United States is hyperaware about the whole concept of clean-liness; in Europe, foregoing showering for a few days is much more commonplace.
Shampooing less helps hair follicles retain moisture and enhance shape. Showering too frequently can also dry out skin and make it prone to flare-ups. Aside from removing lipids and oils, showering also eradicates some good bacteria that help maintain a healthy balance of skin. Although they sound dirty, dead skin cells actually protect against unwanted germs.
However, it is difficult to find accurate statistics in regard to Americans’ showering patterns, because people can be hesitant about
answering. Personally, I shower a few times a week — at most every other day, but never every day. My friends often make fun of me, but I stand my ground.
I still get invited places, at least.My free time is few and far between, so
when I finally have five minutes to myself, my first thought is not “shower time.” Instead, it is typically “Netflix time” or “bedtime.”
Especially in a dry, wintery climate like ours, it is important to retain skin’s natural lubricants. Instead of caking on moisturizers with different chemicals, just skip a shower once in awhile and let your body do the mois-turizing.
Also, in regards to hair: dry shampoo works wonders. Sales of dry shampoo have also skyrocketed, doubling between 2007–09, according to a 2010 New York Times article. Dry shampoo essentially does the same thing
as regular shampoo: it soaks up excess oil.An active person can benefit from using dry
shampoo. Instead of showering multiple times per day because of going to the gym and run-ning errands, just spray in some dry shampoo and the grease will be gone.
Aside from personal benefits that come with it, showering less helps the environment because a person then uses less water and energy. This eventually reduces a person’s carbon footprint that in turn helps the fight against global warming.
There is no scientific proof to back me up on this, but I also think that the water quality at Syracuse University is harsh. Ever since coming to college, my hair has been brittle and almost all the ends are split. I have used the same shampoo and conditioner and am show-ering the same frequency, so I am looking at the water as the problem. This could be a total placebo effect, but it has driven me away from the showers.
Instead of being obsessive about shower-ing, people should instead be more focused on washing their hands. We are constantly
touching food, keyboards, phones, doorknobs — surfaces that are covered with bacteria and viruses. Dorm rooms are practically breeding grounds for illnesses.
Showering intermittently is also the farthest thing from social suicide. Students should not fear their peers’ opinions because in reality, you will shower eventually.
Obviously if you experience a ratchet night, a shower is in your best interest. But if your activity level is low to moderate and you are not putting off a revolting odor, then cut your body a break and go au natural for a few days.
Those Coachella hipster girls you are reblogging and idealizing? Yeah, they do not shower. In fact, Coachella doesn’t even have easy access showers. So just embrace the dirty lifestyle; beanies were invented for a reason and nobody will suspect any foul play, espe-cially in this arctic tundra.
Meg Zukin is a freshman television, radio and film major. Her column appears every Wednes-day in Pulp. Email her at [email protected] and
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family, they help grant wishes for children with illnesses all over the country.
“It’s a couple days that they don’t have any-thing to worry about, that’s the goal,” said Rob’s father, Joe Faugno, about the kids in the Make-A-Wish program. “Granting the wish
does so much for people who grant the wishes, and that’s how we feel as a family.”
The “Cake Boss” team grants more wishes in one year than the New York Jets, Giants, Yankees and Mets combined, Joe said.
Because of this, Rob has seen both sides of the process, which is why this event is so important to him. The family sees the end result of every wish, but knows there’s more work that goes into making it happen, he said.
For Rob, donating to Make-A-Wish allows children with illnesses to do something they never would have the opportunity to do.
“You never know what’s going to happen with these illnesses,” Rob said. “A lot of times they don’t get to do the things that normal kids do, so if you can grant them a wish and for one day they can forget about all their problems and just enjoy being a kid again, it’s really priceless.”
Switching shower routine reduces carbon footprint, benefits health
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To donate to Rob’s fundraiser, search “Run Rob Run” on Facebook and click the link for his Make-A-Wish page. Students can also purchase stars for $1 from Pi Kappa Alpha brothers. All the proceeds go to Make-A-Wish.
produced, while also maintaining his elite defensive play and excellent rebounding.
“They’re two guys that are great leaders and you learn so much from them,” SU guard Trevor Cooney said of seniors Fair and Baye Moussa Keita, who will also depart. “They’re two guys that you love hanging out with and you love to play for.”
The year without shootersIt’s hard to win with just one 3-point shoot-
er, especially when that 3-point shooter isn’t really all that reliable.
The statistics tell a weird story about Cooney’s career, and that’s fitting for the guard who had a weird season. He still made more 3s than anyone else in the ACC, but also attempted more. Cooney finished third in the ACC with a 37.5 3-point percentage — not bad, except only three ACC players attempted enough 3s to qualify.
He was inconsistent all season — he was shooting close to 50 percent from beyond the arc throughout nonconference play — but had his worst game at the worst time. He barely saw the floor in the second half against the No. 11-seed Flyers in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, and Syracuse failed to make a 3 for the first time in nearly 20 years.
“It’s tough to lose like we did tonight when you just don’t play well,” Cooney said after the game.
March is all that mattersAfter back-to-back years with extended
Tournament runs, Syracuse reverted back to its old ways with an opening-weekend exit. The Orange has only reached the Elite Eight twice since winning the 2003 National Cham-pionship, and has been bounced before the Sweet 16 in three of its last eight Tournament appearances. In all of those exits, SU has been a No. 5 seed or better.
“Everybody has different expectations and different, you know, goals or where they want to go,” Boeheim said at a press conference at First Niagara Center in Buffalo on Friday. “It’s just the way it kind of is.”
It will be impossible to forget 25-0, the win against Duke in the Carrier Dome or Tyler Ennis’ buzzer-beater against Pittsburgh, but that was all rendered meaningless in the grand scheme of the 2013–14 season. They’re great standalone moments, but now only serve as a reminder of what could have been — and all that matters for the Orange is what it can do in the NCAA Tournament.
prepared to play immediately, and plans to bring a winning mentality to the team.
“Especially for point guards, how you will your team to win games is how you’re mea-sured as a player,” Joseph said. “That’s your job, to lead your team to wins.”
Joseph is somewhat of a mix between the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and Reggie Jackson, according his trainer PJ Frappier and SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins. He’s quick off the dribble, is a skilled passer and sound defender and is improving his jump shot. Better every yearChristmas arguably improved more than any other Syracuse player this season.
Early in the year he looked hesitant around the basket, but once he started looking for his shot, his game expanded and his repertoire grew. He flaunted an improved baby hook, some decent post moves and served as a great target for Ennis.
Christmas showed the ability to dominate in the 2-3 zone, blocking nearly two shots per game and altering shots regularly. He had dif-ficulty staying out of foul trouble, often picking up his third and fourth personals early in the second half.
Next year, Christmas will likely see a
spike in minutes and be more involved in the offense. He was knocked a lot in his first two years at SU, but is now starting to come around as a player. Undecided underclassmen Ennis knew the question was coming.
“Have you given any thought to when you’re going to make your decision about the NBA?”
“Not yet,” Ennis said without skipping a beat. “I haven’t thought about it.”
Whether Ennis or Grant bolt for the NBA remains to be seen. And if both players leave, Syracuse will have two massive holes to fill.
Ennis was Mr. Clutch for most of the season. He always wants the ball in the final seconds, and the Orange will need someone to assume that role if he leaves. If Ennis stays, though, he and Joseph will provide a formidable one-two punch.
If Grant declares for the draft, SU will need McCullough and Michael Gbinije to provide a decent amount of offense. Grant’s athleticism will be hard to replace and Orange fans will be deprived of the rim-rattling dunks he busted out regularly this season. But if he stays for his junior year, Grant will join McCullough to form one of the better frontcourts in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Syracuse ace Sydney O’Hara has been master-ful on the mound this season, but for a team boasting a 5.02 earned run average, its pitching depth is questionable.
The Orange’s pitching staff features only one player with a winning record, with every starting pitcher not named O’Hara only having one win apiece.
When the freshman O’Hara isn’t on the mound, SU head coach Leigh Ross usually turns to sophomore Lindsey Larkin and freshman Christina Clermont. But the opposition is hit-ting an alarming .311 against those two pitchers.
On paper, the situation looks bleak. Ross insists it’s not necessarily a depth issue with the staff, but that SU’s (12-15, 5-4 Atlantic Coast) second and third starter could use a dose of confidence.
“I think it’s more of a confidence and expe-rience issue,” Ross said. “Sydney’s just been thrown out there as a freshman and is learning on the fly, while (Larkin and Clermont) haven’t gotten as many chances.
“So now they’re just starting to go through that learning curve.”
With the competitiveness and parity within the ACC, SU doesn’t have time to conquer too big of a learning curve.
Larkin made only the fifth start of her career
against Georgia Tech on Saturday, and surren-dered seven earned runs in two and two-thirds innings. In the first game of the doubleheader,
O’Hara was able to contain the Yellow Jackets’ offense to four runs in a complete-game effort.
Like the freshmen, Larkin is also adapting, as she is working to implement a rise ball to coun-teract the drop ball in her repertoire. And Ross dubbed Larkin’s drop ball as potentially the best pitch from anyone on the staff.
“I’m dominantly a drop ball pitcher, but you can’t live off of one pitch,” Larkin said. “I had to learn the rise ball this year so I can try to throw the hitters off.”
Larkin admitted that when she is hit hard, the drop ball usually isn’t dropping and is left hanging over the plate. But when the drop ball is effective, she induced groundball outs.
Against Georgia Tech, five of eight outs Larkin recorded were via the groundball, and Ross and pitching coach Jenna Caira both said other balls were hit on the ground. Larkin was getting the job done, but was get-ting hit where defenders weren’t.
Clermont has been thrust onto the collegiate stage in her first season, and her statistics reflect just that. While making 10 starts — the second most on the team behind O’Hara — her 8.01 ERA in 50.2 innings has been less than impressive.
Caira said Clermont has to work on her mental toughness at times, but has the stuff to compete.
Featuring a screwball as a right-handed pitcher, the pitch actually breaks inside to a right-handed hitter, a useful weapon when executed properly.
“I think she needs a little more success in some easier innings,” Caira said. “Against Geor-gia Tech, she had one really good inning where she utilized her entire defense, an important part of our pitching philosophy.”
Both Clermont and Larkin will need to improve their performances if SU is to reach new heights in the ACC. Ross believes she has unlocked somewhat of a secret with her pitching staff.
She will look to bring in the junk-ball-throw-ing Larkin to replace the hard-and-fast throwing O’Hara to give opponents a different look from the batter’s box.
And to make this plan effective, Ross had a few words of advice to provide to her pitchers looking to throw their way out of a slump during practice.
“Stop thinking and analyzing so much,” Ross said. “Throw hard, be real loose and who cares where it goes.”
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Pitchers Larkin, Clermont try to improve behind ace O’Hara
I think it’s more of a confidence and experience issue. Sydney’s just been thrown out there as a freshman and is learning on the fly, while (Larkin and Clermont) haven’t gotten as many chances.
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ACC, Barclays Center finish tournament deal, per report By Phil D’Abbraccioasst. copy editor
Two weeks after discussions began, a deal has been finalized establishing Barclays Center as the site of the Atlantic Coast Con-ference men’s basketball tournament in 2017 and 2018, according to a USA Today report.
Barclays Center, located in Brooklyn, N.Y., is expected to hold a press conference Wednesday to officially announce the deal.
Four of the last five ACC tournaments have been held at Greensboro (N.C) Coli-seum. It will again be the host venue in 2015,
but the tournament will move to Washing-ton, D.C.’s Verizon Center for 2016. With the addition of new members Syracuse, Pitts-burgh and Notre Dame, the ACC had its eyes set on New York as a new location. Madison Square Garden already has a long-term deal with the Big East.
The 2-year-old Barclays Center recently hosted the Atlantic 10 tournament, which will have to look elsewhere — possibly Washing-ton or Pittsburgh, the report said — for the tournament’s venue in 2017 and 2018 before returning to Barclays Center in 2019–21.
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With an impending rematch approaching against defending national champion Duke, Syracuse turned to an unlikely player to kick the game off at the faceoff X.
An hour before game time, Syracuse assis-tant coach Kevin Donahue approached fresh-man Joe DeMarco — who had yet to make his collegiate debut — and gave him the news. He’d be pitted against Brendan Fowler, the NCAA record holder for faceoff wins in a single sea-son, for the game’s opening draw.
Welcome to college lacrosse.“I was playing well in practice the past couple of
weeks, so I kind of had a feeling my day was coming soon,” DeMarco said. “It was an awesome matchup to start with, get out there and try my best.”
Although Fowler ran off with the first draw, DeMarco won the next three before Fowler even-tually dominated the rest of the way. As Syracuse (4-3, 0-3 Atlantic Coast) cycles through its avail-able options to send out to the faceoff X, the 5-foot-4, 185-pound DeMarco has become the latest addi-tion to the mix seven games into the season.
DeMarco supplanted senior Chris Daddio by taking the first draw Sunday in Syracuse’s latest possession-dry game, and the freshman remains someone SU head coach John Desko could give opportunities to moving forward.
“We just thought we needed a change there,” Desko said. “We just looked at our youth and said, ‘This is our future.’ The other guys really aren’t getting better, so let’s at least put some game time into guys that might be our future.”
Although DeMarco finished just 3-of-11 in the team’s 21-7 loss to the Blue Devils, he and Desko were encouraged by his early success that helped Syracuse jump out to a brief 2-1 lead.
“I think he had a little bit of the surprise (factor), as far as no one knowing what he was doing,” Desko said.
And it was just the tiniest bit of familiar-ity that might’ve given DeMarco an edge in the first four minutes.
DeMarco recalled a faceoff clinic on Long Island he went to in 11th grade at which he went up against Fowler “only a couple of times.” He doesn’t remember much about those matchups, but whatever experience he gained then paid off early in Sunday’s contest.
It was at such clinics that DeMarco honed his skill — and quickly. It wasn’t until his junior year at Massapequa (N.Y.) High School that he started pursuing faceoff specialization seriously.
“You’re not really the true, true lacrosse player, but you’re a little different,” DeMarco said. “I like being unique and specialized.”
In his two-year varsity career at Massapequa, DeMarco won 82 percent of his faceoff attempts — including a 91 percent clip to go with 235 ground balls his senior year — and captained the Chiefs as they coasted to an appearance in the Long Island Championship game last year.
Massapequa head coach Tim Radomski raved
about DeMarco’s talents at the X, and his everyday work ethic that’s gotten him to that level. He has a great sense of anticipating the whistle, Radomski said, and DeMarco’s explosiveness coupled with his low center of gravity allow him to pop the ball out to himself.
“Last year, he was one of the best ones on Long Island. We knew we would dominate at the faceoff X last year with Joey,” Radomski said. “His work ethic is through the roof. I wish we had 25 guys like him on the team.
“He’s short in stature, but he’s got a huge heart and he’s a giant team player.”
With such lightheartedness comes the ability to laugh off the times he has to take pictures with SU teammates who stand a whole head taller than he does. But when it’s time to go to work, DeMarco has realized the steps he needs to make in his work ethic to compete at this level.
Being the only freshman in Syracuse’s six-man faceoff corps, his work is cut out for him.
Said DeMarco: “Back in high school, maybe you can be lazy on one faceoff and still kind of win it. But here if you take one faceoff off, you’re prob-ably going to be chasing that guy down the field.”
DeMarco starts against Duke, joins SU’s faceoff rotation
JOE DEMARCO picks up a faceoff in Syracuse’s 21-7 loss to Duke on Sunday. The freshman made his collegiate debut against the Blue Dev-ils and picked up three of his first four faceoffs to help a team that has struggled at the X all season. logan reidsma staff photographer
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six in the mixSyracuse is winless in the ACC, and faceoffs have been its most glaring problem. Six players have taken them, and head coach John Desko continues to search for an answer.
ROB TRUDO blocks out a Pittsburgh defender. The offensive line for Syracuse comes into the season needing several new players to step up. Trudo and Sean Hickey are the only two established starters to return for SU. ziniu chen staff photographer
Hickey, Trudo lead makeshift offensive line in spring ball
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By Stephen Baileysports editor
While George McDonald’s new spread offense is at the forefront of Syracuse football this spring, the offensive line in front of it is mid-shuffle.
Right guard Nick Robinson is out with a lower-body injury. Right tackle Ivan Foy is sus-pended from team activities due to academics. Center Macky MacPherson graduated.
In their places is a five-man unit with only one starter, left tackle Sean Hickey, return-ing to the same position while left guard Rob Trudo is shifting under center.
“I definitely think there’ll be some chemistry that Nick, Ivan and I will have to pick up on,” Trudo said, “but I don’t think it’ll be that detri-mental because we’ve got all summer to work, all fall camp, before the start of the season.”
Four days into the spring session, the makeshift line of Hickey, left guard Omari Palmer, Trudo, right guard Kyle Knapp and right tackle Michael Lasker Jr. has begun to gain a rhythm. Lasker played crucial snaps in Syracuse’s 34–31 bowl-clinching victory, while Palmer played primarily on the field-goal unit and Knapp was severely limited due to a head injury.
SU head coach Scott Shafer said he likes the competitiveness of the unit, but with only two full-contact practices under their belts it’s hard to draw too many conclusions this early.
“I think we need more reps,” Shafer said. “I’m anxious to watch the film from today
because we’ve kind of put the whole install in now. There’s really nothing new on their plate, so it’ll be telling after we watch some film.”
At the center of the change is Trudo. Com-ing to Syracuse three years ago, he learned the center position and took the majority of his repetitions there. But after he found a quicker route to the field at the guard position, he spent all of last season starting between Hickey and MacPherson.
Now he’s back in the middle and working hard to get on the same page as quarterback Terrel Hunt.
“Sometimes the snaps are here,” Hunt said, pointing toward his waist, “or sometimes my communication needs to be better. But I trust Rob. He’s been blocking for a few years. I trust Rob with my life.”
On Trudo’s left is the 6-foot-2, 309-pound Palm-er. Trudo and Hickey agreed he’s taken the starting role well after playing sparingly last season.
On the other side of the line is Knapp, who went through a tumultuous freshman year after suffering a head injury in practice.
While he did not practice Tuesday due to the flu, teammates agreed he’s taken to the guard position quickly.
“He hates when he’s not on the field playing so it was hard on him (last year),” Trudo said. “I think he was anxious and eager to get out on the football field.“
Then there’s Lasker, who filled in for Hickey against the Eagles and is easily the most pre-pared of the three new starters.
Hickey said he’s confident enough in Lasker’s abilities to spend the majority of his time mentor-ing backups Jon Burton and Jamar McGloster.
After Hickey went down in the second series against Pittsburgh on Nov. 23, Lasker was thrown into the mix and struggled. But one week later, with preparation as a starter, he improved dramatically against the Eagles.
“Now we’re relying on him because of that experience and that learning that he went through last year,” Hickey said, “so we can
focus our teaching on other players.”The new linemen in the rotation are improv-
ing by the day. But come fall when Robinson and Foy are expected to return, it will have to shuffle back.
Still, Trudo and Hickey agreed that with the rate at which offensive linemen get injured, having a deep group prepared will be helpful next season.
Said Trudo: “I think that’s more beneficial to the unit as a whole.”
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On to the next oneThe ACC and Barclays Center have reportedly finalized an agreement for the 2017 and 2018 ACC tournaments. see page 16
Moving partsAlongside Season Hickey and Rob Trudo are three new starters on the Syracuse offensive line this springsee page 19S
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Incoming signees, returners look to lead SU in 2014–15
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looking backsee 15page
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Fair ends career, SU falls short in NCAA TourneyBy David Wilsonstaff writer
C.J. Fair’s decision to return put Syra-cuse in position for its successful start to the season, but he doesn’t have any choice now — he’s off to the NBA.
Fair gave Syracuse one of the best four-year careers in program history, and leaves the Orange part of the second winningest class in Syracuse history after a second-team All-American cam-paign.
This season, he took on an entirely different role than he had during his first three seasons at SU. With a revolv-ing door of stars including Rick Jackson, Kris Joseph, Dion Waiters and Michael Carter-Williams leading the team for the first three years of his career, Fair was a glorified role player who did the dirty work and filled up the stat sheet. But in his senior year, it was all his team.
He played more minutes than anyone else in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a usage rate of 27.9 percent. When the offense stagnated, as it often did, the Orange gave the ball to him on the wing and let him go to work.
Efficiency-wise, it made for a rocky season. He had the fourth most turn-overs in the conference, but ranked sev-enth in the league in scoring and points
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By Trevor Hassasst. sports editor
Chris McCullough is considered by many to be one of Syracuse’s best recruits since Carmelo Anthony. The 6-foot-9 power forward is absurdly ath-letic, should be lethal in the zone and is a superb shot blocker from IMG Academy. He left Brewster Academy earlier in the season due to a violation of school rules.
He’s the third-ranked power forward in the country and received offers from Florida, Rutgers, Providence and St. John’s, but opted to play for SU head coach Jim Boeheim.
He’ll be expected to contribute right away next season. With C.J. Fair, Baye Moussa Keita and potentially Jerami Grant gone, McCullough will be count-ed on to score in the frontcourt, and will likely get minutes alongside Rakeem Christmas and DaJuan Coleman.
Kaleb Joseph, meanwhile, is com-ing off a high school championship and is the 16th-ranked point guard in the Class of 2014. Regardless of whether Tyler Ennis stays, Joseph said he’s
