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Chiddy Bang will open for artists Avicii and B.o.B at University Union’s eighth annual Juice Jam, UU officials announced Monday. The Sept. 11 con-cert at 4 p.m.doubles as a commemo-rative event to pay tribute to the 10th

anniversary of 9/11.“We are really excited about this,”

said Harry Roberts, co-director of UU concerts. “[Chiddy Bang] will match the tempo of the show and set the tone for the rest of the event.”

Chiddy Bang, an electro hip-hop duo from Philadelphia, garnered fame following the release of “The Swelly Express,” a mixtape featuring popular hit “Opposite of Adults.” The pair is known for its mix of hip-hop and alternative sounds, sampling music from MGMT, Passion Pit and Gorillaz. Chiddy Bang was chosen

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Move-in weekend has come to an end. While some students are settling into their dorms, others have the chance to experience the year in hotels and luxury apartments — and they’re pleased with their choices. During the housing selection process last semester, students had the option to live in The Parkview Hotel on East Genesee Street, the Sheraton Univer-sity Hotel and Conference Center and the Park Point Syracuse apartment complex.

Students who opted to live in Syracuse University’s untraditional housing options have said their new homes have lived up to expectations.

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andrew renneisen | asst. photo editorbram berkowitz (LeFt) and pat noLan, a sophomore advertising major and a sophomore advertising and information technology major, respectively, hang out in their room at the Sheraton University hotel and Conference Center after the first day of classes.

Pell Grant Program unaffected by debt ceiling negotiations, grants for graduate students cut

By Jon HarrisaSSt. newS editor

With political tensions and nerves running high among members of Congress over the United States potentially defaulting on its debt, President Barack Obama signed a bill earlier this month to lift the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and put worries at ease for the immediate future.

But flying under the radar as part of the bill was a measure to preserve the maximum Pell Grant of $5,550 for more than nine million under-graduate students across the country. The preserved Pell Grant Program, aimed at low- and middle-income undergraduates, happened because

the bill eliminated a federal subsidy for graduate students.

For graduate students who receive federally subsidized loans, the trade-off means that interest on the sub-sidized loans will begin to accrue while they’re still in school, instead of accruing after graduation, begin-ning July 1.

The U.S. House of Representa-tives approved the compromise debt-ceiling bill Aug. 2, and the Senate approved it the next day. Obama signed the bill on the same day as the Senate and sent a formal request to Congress to lift the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, immediately giving the U.S. Treasury $400 billion in additional

borrowing power.Nearly a month later, a financial

aid official at Syracuse University sees the trade-off that saved the Pell Grant Program’s maximum award as worth the elimination of the federal subsidy.

“We knew that there would have to be some sacrifice, but given the difficulties and financial challenges in America, we were pleased that we were able to protect the majority of our students, including our middle-income students who depend heavily on financial aid, as well,” said Youlo-nda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice president for enrollment manage-

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Scottish defense lawyers in the Pan Am 103 bombing trial alleged Tuesday that the CIA was concealing key evidence.

This allegation may delay the introduction of the prosecution’s key witness Abdul Majid Giaka, a former informant for the CIA who worked alongside the two defendants, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Two men are being tried for their involvement in the Dec. 21, 1988 jumbo jet explosion over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie that killed 270 people. Thirty-fi ve Syracuse University students were killed in the blast on their way home from a semester abroad in London.

Prosecutors argue that the suitcase containing the bomb originated on an Air Malta fl ight. The two defendants, Libyan intelligence agents Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, allegedly worked at the Maltese airline. ...

The defense, however, said they fear not all of the information relevant to the case was released. The defense called for the U.S. Justice Department to probe into the matter. ...

“They’ll do anything to discredit the case,” said Bob Monketti, whose son, Richard, died in the blast. ...

When the trial started in May, the prosecution said they needed a year to make their case. Earlier this month, however, lawyers for the prosecution predicted a September wrap-up. The early conclusion stemmed from an agreement between the prosecution and defense over certain aspects of the case, such as the bomb causing the explosion. ...

With the defense’s case slated to take a couple of months, some predict that the case will end long before the original trial length of one-and-a-half-years.

Hunt, however, said he has a “gut feeling” that something will crop up to pro-long the trial.

“I would be really surprised if the case wrapped up over the next couple of months,” he said. “It’ll probably take another year.”

Monetti, however, remains optimistic about the trial ending in December, he said.

“Hopefully, by the 12th anniversary, we’ll have a verdict.”

—Compiled by Stephanie Bouvia, asst.copy editor, snbouvia@syr.edu

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The small dispatch area behind the front desk at the Department of Public Safety once housed three computer systems to manage dispatching all the DPS officers at Syracuse Univer-sity.

Now, a new room has been con-structed — separate from the recep-tion area — where as many as 10 dispatch stations can be set up and functioning. Construction on the DPS Communications Center finished June 16, said Jim Santoferrara, DPS communications manager.

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SU receives grant to develop nuclear energy technologyBy Josh Eisenfeld

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The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Syracuse University a $1 million grant earlier this month to fund the development of nuclear energy technologies and training and educating the next generation of U.S. nuclear industry leaders, according to an Aug. 9 news release from the Energy Department.

The grant, announced Aug. 9, is part of a $12.4 million grant given to universities to develop fuel cycle research and development, accord-ing to the release. Researchers in the program will develop and dis-play methods to recycle used fuel

to allow the safe, sustainable and secure expansion of nuclear energy. Research conducted in the program is aimed at developing options that use resources effectively, lessen the creation of waste and enable efficient waste management, according to the release.

Peter Lyons, assistant secretary for nuclear energy, was cited in the release as saying up to $39 million in total grants would support close to 51 projects at universities around the United States.

Lawrence Tavlarides, a professor of biomedical and chemical engi-neering at SU, wrote the proposal that received the grant. Tavlarides’

research aims to “develop dynamic, reactive, multi-component adsorp-tion models” to capture a number of toxins like iodine, krypton, xenon and tritium, which are produced in fuel-recycling facilities, according to Tavlarides’ proposal.

President Barack Obama’s admin-istration hopes to use nuclear fuel to reduce dependency on carbon-based fossil fuels, according to the release.

“As part of our commitment to restarting the American nuclear industry and creating thousands of new jobs and export opportuni-ties in the process, we are invest-ing in cutting-edge nuclear energy research projects that can develop

the technologies required to advance our domestic nuclear industry and maintain global leadership in the field,” said Secretary of Energy Ste-ven Chu in a statement.

Nuclear energy, once a promising sustainable fuel market, has been plagued by the dangers of working with extremely hazardous material. But by providing the United States’ leading universities with funding, the Energy Department hopes “to restart the nuclear industry as part of a broad approach to create new clean energy jobs and cut carbon pol-lution,” the release stated.

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By Rachael BarillariSTAFF WRITER

In the last six years, the Student Association at Syracuse University has not been able to fill all of its avail-able seats for student representa-tives.

That’s what prompted SA Presi-dent Neal Casey to make his major goal for the semester to fill all of the available representatives’ seats. Cur-rently, SA is operating at approxi-mately 50 percent of its possible capacity.

In late April, SA had more than 71 percent of its student representative seats filled. The School of Education, the School of Architecture and the newly named David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics had no members for a combined total of nine empty seats. The School of Information Studies had only one of three seats filled at that time.

Recruitment was the main topic of discussion at SA’s first meeting of the semester, which was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Maxwell Auditorium.

The meeting was less than an hour long.

Casey stressed the need to repre-sent all colleges within SU and said current members need to work to bring quality students to SA.

“As an overall theme for the Stu-dent Association, the goal that we have decided to set is that all our seats are filled,” Casey said.

To connect further with the SU student community, a formal pro-gram for town hall meetings has been

By Breanne Van NostrandASST. COPY EDITOR

As Tropical Storm Irene made its way along the East Coast up to New York City, Jose Moreno’s parents made a dar-ing decision. They were going to stay at their home in Manhattan near Battery Park despite the looming winds and heavy rain the storm would bring.

Moreno, a sophomore broadcast journalism major at Syracuse Uni-versity, said there was flooding from the nearby East River, but his family did not report severe damages to their home. Moreno said his mother, origi-nally from Puerto Rico, realized the tropical storm’s effects were not as severe as expected and decided to stay in Manhattan.

Moreno said because of the high-rise apartments in his area, many people decided to stay put, but residents in sur-rounding boroughs and other areas felt stronger effects due to different styles of housing, he said.

He said it is important that public transportation is restored quickly so people who rely on it can return to work.

The New York City subway had most trains running on a normal schedule Monday morning, according to an article published online by The New York Times on Monday. Other mass transit options, such as the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Rail-road and New Jersey Transit are slow-ly returning to their normal schedules.

As Tropical Storm Irene left the United States and headed for eastern Canada, SU students shared stories of their family and friends experiencing Irene.

Amber Taylor, a junior in the Col-lege of Visual and Performing Arts, said her friend’s two Jeep vehicles were totaled by falling trees near Somerset County, N.J.

Taylor said she didn’t feel the tropi-cal storm was as strong as it had been forecast, but it still caused damage.

Long Island native Shira Stoll, a freshman illustration photography major, said she knew of people who were told to evacuate but refused to because they were not permitted to bring their pets to the shelters.

A tree fell on her grandmother’s roof but didn’t cause damage, Stoll said in an email. Areas in her home-town were so flooded that someone was kayaking in a local park, she said.

“Some of my friends said the storm was actually really fun to play in,” Stoll said.

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WHAT IS SA?Student Association is the student governing body of SU and SUNY-ESF undergraduate students.

In the spring semester, President Neal Casey and SA worked on four major goals: laying the groundwork for a tobacco-free program, turning MayFest in Walnut Park into a tradition, improving the budget process and including students in key campus decisions.

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ment and director of scholarships and student aid at SU.

Of the 14,201 undergraduates at SU for the 2010-11 school year, 3,962 — or nearly 28 percent of students — received Pell Grants. The total amount of Pell Grants offered to those students was more than $16.2 million, Copeland-Morgan said. The number of Pell Grant-eligible students is still growing, she said.

“Historically, Pell Grants have focused on providing college access from low-income back-grounds,” she said. “But what we’re seeing is a shift in the profile of the students who are qualifying for Pell Grants — that is that many of our students from middle-income backgrounds are now qualifying for Pell Grants because their parents have been downsized and their incomes have changed or they’ve lost their home.”

Despite the elimination of the federal subsidy for graduate students, Copeland-Morgan said SU is not likely to offer additional aid to them, as doctorate students, for example, are often funded by the university.

Though Copeland-Morgan is awaiting more information from the U.S. Department of Educa-tion on how the elimination of the federal subsidy will be implemented, she said she believes the new measure will apply to loans processed after July 1. If that’s the case, her staff will work with graduate students to do earlier financial aid planning in 2012, so they can get their loans processed before the July 1 deadline, which could give students a fully subsidized loan for another school year, Copeland-Morgan said.

In February, the House passed a bill, called H.R. 1, which would have cut $60 billion from the 2011

fiscal year federal budget, including $5.7 billion from the Pell Grant Program. The proposed cuts would have lowered the maximum Pell Grant from $5,550 to $4,705. The changes would have reduced SU’s Pell Grant by about $2.6 million.

If the federal government would have moved forward with the cuts, the university would have funded the difference for Pell Grant recipients in 2011-12, Copeland-Morgan said in April.

If the cuts had been made, 1.7 million students nationwide would have no longer been eligible for the program, and an additional 7.5 million students would have had their grants reduced, according to an email sent out to SU students Feb. 24 by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs.

Copeland-Morgan said SU worked with elect-ed officials — both in New York and outside the state — to help find ways to protect the Pell Grant Program.

“The fact is that the cost of the Pell Grant Program has increased significantly over the past couple of years because in these times more individuals, both traditional-age students and nontraditional students, choose to go to school to be retrained, so they don’t have the finan-cial assistance that they need in order to go to school,” she said.

Sara Gast, a public affairs specialist for the Education Department, said preserving the maximum Pell Grant was a priority for both the secretary of education and President Obama. Pell Grants are one of the larger college issues the Education Department deals with, as it helps give many students the opportunity to attend college, she said.

Said Gast: “We’re very happy with what Con-gress decided to do, and we’ll do our best to protect Pell Grants down the road.”

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patch centers, Santoferrara said. The additional dispatch areas in the communications center are collapsible and can be set up quickly for emergency situations.

This weekend, the communications center was busy with concerned phone calls about Trop-ical Storm Irene, said Jennifer Horvath, DPS public information officer. Horvath said there were no problems in the communications center dealing with the phone calls.

The center sits in what used to be an open courtyard, behind Sims Hall and the Shaffer Art Building. In addition to the dispatch centers, a conference room, office space, bathroom and a small coffee area were constructed in the space.

All the dispatch stations face a wall of six flat-screen TVs, which help monitor the SU campus. The closed circuit TVs can display up to 50 differ-ent cameras at once.

“This center will keep all the dispatchers on the same page, there won’t be any questions

because there are the big screens that everyone can see,” Santoferrara said.

The communications center was built to help accommodate the growing DPS force, which began when Chief Tony Callisto was hired in 2007. Santoferrara said he believes the communi-cations center helps fix the problem.

“It would take a lot for us to outgrow this,” he said.

The new communications center will help improve DPS dispatch response time, Santofer-rara said. The communications center has also helped improve the reception service at the front desk, he said, because those sitting at the front desk no longer have to worry about dispatches and can focus on helping walk-ins. Moving the dispatch center to its own area has also helped create a few more jobs at DPS, Santoferrara said.

When the center opened in June, there were no major difficulties moving in, he said. The switch had to be done all at once, Santoferrara said, because DPS records phone calls.

There were a few small glitches in the system that have been resolved, like signing onto some programs, but there were no major “show stop-

pers,” Santoferrara said. Every now and then, Santoferrara said, DPS officers try to open an infrequently used program and small problems arise.

Santoferrara said the DPS center has also served as a morale booster for officers heading back into the academic year.

“The old communications center was dingy and dark,” he said. “In here it is so much differ-ent, everything is shiny and new.”

The center was constructed by Hayner Hoyt Corporation, a locally owned company that is responsible for working on campus construc-tion including Slocum Hall and the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. Santoferrara said he was not aware of the final budget of the center.

Santoferrara said the communications center at SU is better than some of the other centers that he has seen. This is mostly because the SU center is accessible around the clock. Santoferrara said the state-of-the-art technology at the center is part of what sets the SU center apart from other centers.

“This communications center was a win-win situation for everyone at this university,” he said.

Horvath, the public information officer, said she doesn’t think most people at SU realize how large DPS is and said the center takes tens of thousands of calls each year. She said the center is the third largest in the country and the construction updates were essential to keep DPS operating efficiently.

Said Horvath: “I’d say it was a welcome upgrade to a vital part of our department.”

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based on student responses to UU’s Juice Jam survey, Roberts said.

Tickets for Juice Jam are available to all fac-ulty, staff and students at SyracuseUniversity-and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry for $10 at the SchineStudentCenterbox office or on its website. Students who attend nearby universi-ties can also purchase tickets for $20 with valid college IDs. UU plans to donate a majority of the concert’s proceeds to the United Nations’ World Food Programme for famine relief in the Horn of Africa.

UU officials increased capacity for this year’s concert on Skytop Field to 8,000. Thus far, about a quarter of the tickets have been sold, which is right on target, said Rob Dekker, UU president. There has been a spike in sales since students returned to campus, he said.

Roberts said he is enthusiastic about the acts as a package and thinks Juice Jam will be a high-energy event. With the show starting later this year, UU also plans to use extra production elements and incorporate stronger lighting to enhance the show. There is still more to look forward to, Roberts said.

“Juice Jam is definitely getting better every year,” Roberts said. “We can’t wait for everyone to see what we have in store for them.”

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have access to lounges, laundry, a fitness cen-ter and a café. Similar to campus dorms, it features large open doubles with bathrooms, according to the Housing, Meal Plans and I.D. Services website. This year, there are 72 beds, two resident advisers and one assistant residence director, said Sara Miller, associate director of SU News Services, in an email.

When Robert Axelrod, a sophomore acting major, chose to live in Parkview during the housing process, he kept the proximity of his classes in mind. As an acting major, many of Axelrod’s classes are at Syracuse Stage.

“The location is perfect as far as I’m con-cerned,” he said. “It’s about a block away from where the majority of my classes are going to be.”

Axelrod did not have many expectations because he knew this was the first year the university was including Parkview as a hous-ing option. But the idea of a quieter environ-ment than a traditional dorm appealed to him, he said. And the Parkview has met that expectation so far.

“It doesn’t feel as juvenile as other dorms may feel because there’s sophistication about it due to the fact that there are hotel guests,” he said.

Although Axelrod has no complaints about Parkview, he said others might see its distance from main campus as a negative.

Annie Wilkens, a sophomore musical the-ater major who is also living in Parkview, said she also chose to live there because it is closer to the theater. Another reason she chose to live there was because the cost of her meal plan wasn’t appropriate for her. Wilkens said she hopes the hotel’s restaurant will become an option for the Off Campus Meal Plan.

Wilkens doesn’t see any faults with the hotel so far, she said.

“I’m still in shock mode,” she said. “I love being close to my classes, and I love being close to the people that I work with on a daily basis. So there’s really no fault with that.”

The second housing option students had was the Sheraton, which houses 66 students on one floor, Miller said. Like the Parkview, it features large open doubles with bathrooms. Students have access to a fitness center, pool and laundry, according to the Housing, Meal Plans and I.D. Services website. Two resident advisers are located at the Sheraton.

Pat Nolan, a sophomore advertising and information technology major, said he chose to live in the Sheraton because he thought it

would be a good opportunity.“I knew it would be more clean and more

well-kept than a dorm room,” Nolan said. He added, “It feels nice. It’s a professional kind of room.”

When Nolan moved into his new room, he felt lucky, he said.

“I felt very lucky that SU provided me with this opportunity,” Nolan said. “I thought it was going to be nice, but when I walked in, it was nicer than I thought it would be.”

Hotel rooms were not the only options stu-dents had to choose from during last semes-ter’s housing selection process. Park Point was another option for students who wanted to live on campus.

The complex houses 88 students and apart-ments have four bedrooms and two bath-rooms. Students have access to a lounge, full kitchen, fitness center and a gated courtyard, according to the Housing, Meal Plans and I.D. Services website.

Anna Holding, a junior psychology major, didn’t originally want to live in SU housing, but because she and her three roommates are going abroad next semester, it was her only option to avoid paying for a second semester.

Holding chose to live at Park Point rather than the University Village Apartments.

“It’s like a hotel, but at the same time you live with all people your age, and it’s all upper-classmen,” she said.

But although the apartment is nice, it isn’t the same as living off campus, Holding said. The complex has no RAs, but she said rules are stricter than they would be if someone was living on his or her own.

“It’s completely on different ends of the spectrum,” Holding said. “On Euclid, you get the fun. You get to see everybody, you can throw parties. Park Point is prettier, quieter. Definitely nicer.”

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Safety firSthere are a few ways dPs keep students out of harms way:

neighborhood safety patrolsemergency blue lightsshuttle servicesWalking escortsGuarded residence hallsOrange Watchsafety workshops

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amenitieShere are some of the perks of living in alternative housing:

sheraton hotel: students have access to the pool and fitness center.

Parkview hotel: students are close to syracuse stage.

Park Point: students in sU housing enjoy the same utilities as those who signed a separate lease.

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R aised to squeeze into those itty-bitty skinny jeans and ridiculous jeggings — admit

it: you’ve at least tried on a pair — we’ve been trained to slide a leg into one tight-fitting leg sleeve after another. But who’s complaining when our tush looks so good and legs so long? Times are changing, yet again.

The ’70s-style flare leg is back. And unbeknown to many, their reprise during the late ’80s and early ’90s and then again in the early 2000s took on different constructions in a bootcut, low-rise or slouchy fit. Flare leg pants are a tricky piece to adopt in a world of cigarette jeans.

But despite what critics or friends say, whether you’re tall or short, slim

or wide, flares suit any body type. As long as you follow these styling tips, flared jeans are a staple, especially in colors. We’ll soon find ourselves shelving away those smothering monsters we call skinny jeans.

Influential fashion bloggers Karen Blanchard of “Where Did U Get That” and Rachel Nguyen of “That’s Chic” balanced the comfort of flares with loose jackets and white T-shirts, mimicking the flowy feel of flares up top and opting to hide their shoes to give the illusion of longer, leaner legs. German model Claudia Schiffer opted to offset the wide legs with a tucked-in, button-down shirt and added a braided brown belt to separate the pieces. She also let her

peep-toe shoes peek out, thus giving a go-getter vibe.

The ever-proper and prim Katie Holmes recently personalized the flare jeans trend by adding an airy blouse and chic signature Chanel tweed jacket. Do a quick Google search and notice her pointy shoes make her ensemble exceptionally classy.

Media caught Gwenyth Paltrow styling her flares casually in a New Yorker-inspired outfit, playing with the light jeans in contrast to her dark blazer. The effortless shrug from the scarf over her neck gives off a casual, cool feel. Kourtney Kardashian put a twist into the flare jeans trend by add-ing a silk detailed blouse, instantly making a normal day outfit appropri-ate for a night out.

The flare legs aren’t the only ‘70s comeback. Massimiliano Giornetti of Salvatore Ferragamo and Michael Kors are rehashing the floppy-bow dresses, slouchy hats, sheer blouses, maxi skirts and dresses. As young adults, we must shelf away our pants-on-the-ground jeans, hip-hugging,

thong-showing skinnies and jump into ensembles that involve more fabric — and taste.

Browse through Style.com’s fall 2011 looks and salvage these classic pieces. Then head to Salvation Army or Thrifty Shopper to see what you can muster up through those clut-tered racks of treasure. Thrift racks are especially ripe, as this trend is reluctantly trickling across to our tight-pant loving peers. Don’t be afraid to be daring with fashion; That’s the only way to stand out.

Karen Hor is a senior magazine journalism major with a minor in

economics and Chinese studies. She can be reached at khor@syr.edu.

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A dministrators at the R.A.P.E. Center decided

this summer to change its name to the Advocacy Center. The change comes after two years of deliberating the appropriateness of the title “R.A.P.E,” which stood for Rape: Advocacy, Prevention and Education.

The center made a huge improve-ment removing the word “rape” from its title. But in attempting to break away from the crassness of the old acronym, the decision makers have made the work of the center — “advo-cacy” — too vague for students in need.

For all its insensitivity, the old name was at least clear for those to whom the center matters most: victims of abuse. Although the term “advocacy” has the potential to draw those who would have felt — or wished to believe — their case of abuse did not constitute something as serious as the center’s old title implied.

The center does much more than serve as a place for abuse victims to find advice about what to do next; it also organizes awareness projects

and coordinates with men on campus to speak out against violence. To be short, it advocates against

abuse and for the abused. But the term “advocacy” is too common in popular political rhetoric and loaded with connotations to carry the kind of empathetic message the center needs to attract student victims. Simple terms like “safe,” “secure,” “help” or “support” may seem obvi-ous, but that’s exactly what made the term “rape” so effective at making the center recognizable.

One benefit from the relatively neutral new name could be its abil-ity to draw those on the periphery of acts of abuse to find advice. The roommates or friends of victims and abusers may find “advocacy” more inviting and appropriate.

Ultimately, the best way for the Advocacy Center to move forward with its name change is to jump start a marketing and promotions campaign that will make its services exhaustingly clear, semester after semester.

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nessed in the 1950s just as its devastation put an end to World War II in Japan. Now Japan and the United States, along with France, are three of the world leaders in nuclear energy output, according to the World Nuclear Asso-ciation’s website. France is the only country to gather a majority of its energy — 75 percent — from nuclear fuel, according to the website.

By percentage, the United States is far behind these countries, with only 20 percent of its energy coming from 104 reactors across the country, according to the website.

Nuclear energy has been stagnant in the United States since the 1970s, caused by “the high cost of building reactors and long delays in construction,” said Allan Mazur, a public affairs professor in the Center for Environ-mental Policy and Administration at the Max-well School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, in an email.

Disasters like the core meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylva-

nia are contributing reasons why none of the 104 plants now operating began construction after 1974, according to an article published in The New York Times on Dec. 10, 2010.

And public opinion has not changed much since the 1990s, especially in the wake of the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima. Since Fukushima, polls have dropped to 43 percent in favor of the construction of more nuclear plants from 57 percent in 2008, according to a CBS poll released March 22. The same poll found that people specifically did not want nuclear plants near their community. Only 35 percent of those polled approved the idea of building a plant near their homes.

Nuclear fuel recycling has gone unused in the United States for sometime and could pro-vide rejuvenation to the industry, Mazur said.

“President Carter stopped recycling in the U.S. for fear that the plutonium that is pro-duced in the process might be used to build bombs. It may be time to rethink that policy,” Mazur said. “Recycling cuts down the amount of waste that must be stored and reduces, somewhat, its danger.”

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planned for this semester, Casey said. He said the meetings will be much more guided than they have been in the past, with the goal to get more information directly from the students.

“It’s a new vision and direction that we are headed in, to make sure we are doing things right the first time,” Casey said.

As part of that new vision, Casey said SA will be going to residence halls and having discussions with students about issues affecting campus.

In other business:• Junior Kevin Phu was elected as SA student liaison for the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the meeting with no one opposing. With his new title, Phu said he wants to organize mixers to bring SA closer to the ESF community. Phu also said the role of student government should be to represent all students, not certain years or majors, and that they should work to keep

everyone informed. • Casey announced that financial support

from Tops Markets has been finalized to bus stu-dents from College Place and the Goldstein Stu-dent Center to Tops and the Fayetteville Plaza. Junior Taylor Carr, the Student Life Committee chair, said that buses will begin running Sept. 4.

• In another initiative to connect with the student body, SA has started a new ad pro-gram with The Daily Orange, Casey said. Every Thursday a calendar of events will be listed on the second page, he said.

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By Haley BehreSTAFF WRITER

S tudents at Syracuse University were chosen to test a new app that makes sharing resources across different

technologies, such as cellphones, computers and iPads, possible.

The new app, called WeJay, is a social radio that connects different technologies using a wireless network, said Lee McKnight, Kauff-man Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innova-tion at the School of Information Studies. This allows for easy resource sharing without the dangers of transferring files.

“WeJay allows you to create a social network where you are collaborating with friends to make a radio station,” McKnight said.

The test run at SU will be used to study how people use WeJay and what they will create with it, said Carlos Caicedo, director at the Center for

Convergence and Emerging Network Technology.SU students will begin testing the technol-

ogy, but they can also invite non-SU students to participate, Caicedo said.

Three thousand SU students are expected to participate in the test run within the first 30 days, McKnight said.

Students began registering for WeJay using their SU email accounts Monday at wejay.fm.

If the test run at SU is a success, it will extend to other universities, including Tufts Univer-sity, Virginia Tech and the Rochester Institute of Technology, McKnight said.

WeJay provides a fun and safe environment for students to explore the social network envi-ronment even though social networking pro-grams, such as Facebook and Twitter, are usually banned from the school premises, said graduate student Sarah Chauncey, whose dissertation is on the use of WeJay and wireless grid technology.

Although SU will be the only one with full

access to the system, Rockland County’s Board of Cooperative Educational Services, an alter-native therapeutic school, will also be partici-pating in the test, Chauncey said.

Students at the high school will be using WeJay as an experimental learning opportu-nity, Chauncey said.

“I am trying to see if having an audience will motivate students to spend more time on their writing and oral skills,” Chauncey said.

Those who are not invited cannot see the product using WeJay, which creates a private network for students, Chauncey said.

This is due to the fact that wireless grid technology does not function over a central server. Instead, the technology creates its own grid, said John Andrews, CEO of Wireless Grids Corporation, which created WeJay.

WeJay can function without a central server or third party, and by doing this, messages are sent directly from one device to another without

an intermediary. This makes the apps more secure, Andrews said.

This is done by using a software called Edge-ware, which was developed by WiGiT, a virtual organization whose goal is to research, test and develop open specifications for the commercial-ization of wireless grids, McKnight said.

WeJay is one of 10 products being developed using Edgeware, McKnight said. Other apps include a neighborhood notification system and emergency response test, which will be tested by SU police in summer 2012.

This emergency response system will enable different emergency departments, like the fire, police and EMTs, to communicate on one sta-tion rather than each department communicat-ing separately, McKnight said.

Said McKnight: “This product can do fun stuff like WeJay and more serious things like save lives.”

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wreaked havoc on the East Coast, destroying buildings and causing power outages and flood-ing. Inland communities in upstate New York

and Vermont are enduring the aftermath of river flooding.

In New York, 796,244 customers were without power, according to a 5 p.m. Monday update from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.

At least 27 deaths were reported: six in North Carolina, four in Virginia, five in Pennsylvania,

three in both New York and Vermont, two in Connecticut and New Jersey, and one each in Maryland and Florida, according to a CNN article published online Monday.

The total damage inflicted by Irene may reach $7 billion, with most of the loss likely com-ing from property in New York and New Jersey,

according to an article published online by The New York Times on Sunday.

If losses do total up to $7 billion, Irene would be one of the ten costliest catastro-phes in American history, according to the article.

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L ast year, Erin Bauwens knew she was going to have her hands full when she found out her room-mate and her boyfriend came as a packaged deal.

“My roommate had this crazy boyfriend from high school who would visit and they would end up starting huge fi ghts,” said Bauwens, a sophomore political sci-ence major.

Living with a roommate is one of the biggest adjust-ments new students have to make. Rebecca Daniels, coor-dinator of communications of SU’s Offi ce of Residence

Life, said it’s a situ-ation that requires time and effort from both people.

“With a little give and take, your living situation can be one of the most fun and positive aspects of your time here at Syracuse,” Daniels said.

Measures can be taken to prevent

most confl icts and avoid tense atmospheres like the one Bauwens had to endure. Here are some tips from Daniels on adjusting to living with a roommate and keeping problems from getting out of hand.

Communication is key: “Many students come to college not having shared space with a roommate before and sometimes fi nd it diffi cult to communicate their needs, especially as far as sleeping patterns, sharing items and cleanliness. The most important thing is to

talk openly about what you need to feel comfortable in your space with your roommate. Don’t assume that your roommate has extra-sensory perception.”

Take your room-mate agreement seriously: “Take time to talk over the questions and answer them seri-ously together. Be

honest with each other during this process, and it can

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Soriana SternCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Eager to meet new people at Syracuse University, Jessica Goldstone went straight to Facebook. Goldstone, an undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, caught word of another social networking site, DateMySchool.com. Hearing that it resembled Facebook, she created an account only to fi nd that none of her friends had heard of the site.

“DateMySchool.com is amusing to browse through, but I’m not inter-ested in fi nding a mate online,” Gold-stone said.

Social media site Date My School was co-founded by Columbia Uni-versity MBA students Jean Meyer and Balazs Alexa in November 2010. Although the URL describes the site as a dating site, it can also be the go-to place to discover new friends, study partners, work contacts and dates on campus and locally, according to Melanie Wallner, director of public relations of Date My School.

Thus far, Date My School has launched at more than 300 univer-sities. Though it provides a simple, accessible interface focused on con-necting people in college, some stu-dents who have heard of the site are either skeptical or uninterested.

“Freshmen usually search through the Class of 2015 Facebook group to see the people going to our school next year, and if we think they are cute, sometimes we will friend them,” said Lita Talisman, an unde-clared freshman in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at North-western University. “A lot of the time, though, it doesn’t go any further than that. DateMySchool.com is better for a person who is actually looking for a relationship but a lot of students just want to hook up and not settle down.”

What sets Date My School apart from other social media sites is the ability to see profi le views, Wallner said. Whereas Facebook users can-not know for certain who is viewing their pages, Date My School provides a tab on account holders’ pages to see which users are visiting your profi le while tracking profi les that you’ve visited. The website is also exclusive to users with .edu email addresses, a draw for college students.

“DMS is the only reverse social network — it shows you people you don’t know but can trust,” Wallner said. “Because of the fi ltering func-tions, you only see the people you want to contact and who want to be contacted by you.”

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D uring a pivotal time in the evolution of personal technology, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is stepping down

as CEO, as announced in a letter addressed to Apple board members and consumers last Wednesday.

“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the fi rst to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come,” he said in the letter’s opening line.

Does this mean the end to Apple? Or the opening of the fl oodgates for Apple’s competi-tors to sweep up the market? I think not.

Rather, I believe the Apple ship will sail on unhindered by the absence of its fearless leader. His departure marks the end of a fl our-ishing reign, but it won’t leave a gaping void in the tech world.

What made Jobs magical was the unique combination of his boundless capacity for innovation and his ability to know when to hold back. Although this rare coupling of traits may be impossible to duplicate, Jobs

has left the company in the good hands of his successor and former Apple Chief Operating Offi cer Tim Cook.

Creating the next big thing time and time again — the fi rst capable personal computer, the MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone, new cloud computing practices and beyond — Jobs has cultivated a seemingly unstoppable creative momentum for the company.

Despite the fact that PCs may technically account for approximately 91 percent of the market share, according to Gartner Inc., Apple’s recent growth and dominance in key demographics indicate Jobs is leaving the company at a perfectly convenient time.

According to a 2010 study conducted by researchers at Hunch, Mac owners are 22 per-cent more likely to be between ages 18 and 34 in comparison to their PC counterparts. They are also 21 percent more likely to consider themselves as “tech-savvy.” As this demo-graphic ages and new tides of youth embrace the company as fervently as generations X and Y, the market shares may tilt proportionately.

Not only are societal trends suggestive of the longevity of Apple’s success, but hard numbers also sing the same tune.

Financially, Jobs’ departure seems to have little effect on Apple’s stocks (AAPL). As of midday Monday, they hovered around 390, not far off from its 52-week high of 404.50 and worlds above its 52-week low of 235.56.

Plus, since his resignation was announced on Aug. 24, the stock value has risen by more than 10 points. Not exactly symptomatic of a newly doomed company.

These fi gures support the notion that Job’s legacy, borne of nothing more than a will for something better and an aptitude for creation,

has grown to leave its creator and its competi-tors in its shadow.

Just like what George Washington means to the presidency and what Elvis did for rock ’n’ roll, Jobs will be to the succession of future Apple CEOs. Even as he takes his leave, he will remain a fi gurehead (not to mention chairman of the board). His legacy and signature black turtleneck will always be ingrained in the hearts and minds of those who hold Apple dear.

And Jobs knows it. His concluding words in the resignation letter were: “I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and con-tributing to its success in a new role.”

So keep enjoying your Apple products and agreeing to the annoyingly excessive and vague iTunes terms and conditions. Jobs may be stepping on the brakes, but Apple is still going full force.

Jessica Smith is a senior information man-agement and technology and television, radio

and fi lm dual major. Her column appears every Tuesday. She can be reached at jlsmit22@syr.edu.

either prevent or help you to solve any confl icts down the road.”

Compro-mise: “You can’t always have your way, but if your roommate is a night owl and you’re an early to bed, early to rise

type, maybe you can sleep with earplugs in as long as the lights are out at a certain time. Or, if you’re a late-night person and your roommate wakes up early in the morning, you can fi nd an alternate place to study in your building late at night as long as your roommate agrees to be quiet and careful when they wake up the next day. If you can talk out situations before they happen, it will prevent things from getting stressful in the future.”

Stay cool: “Keeping a cool head with your roommate helps. You would be surprised to fi nd out how many times your roommate would have no idea that something they are doing is impacting you negatively. If you can calmly address it with

them early instead of letting yourself get angry and confrontational with them, you can keep most situations from getting worse.

Collaborate: “Maybe you can agree not to leave dirty dishes in the room and wash them, and your roommate will take the garbage out regu-larly and things like that. When it comes to guests

in the room, developing a schedule or list of acceptable times for friends to come over is never a bad idea. Everyone should be able to sleep and study in their residence hall, even if everyone’s needs in those areas are a bit different.”

Think twice about rooming with a close friend: “If you choose to live with a friend, do

not automati-cally assume that because you are friends you will be great roommates. Talk about your patterns and needs, and don’t rely solely on the fact that you get along socially. Surprisingly, we

see just as many, if not more, confl icts between students who live with their friends as we do with students who room with a randomly assigned roommate.”

Know where (and when) to go for help: “Talk to your resident advisor fi rst. RAs are trained in confl ict mediation and can assist in working out problems with roommates. You can also consult with the professional staff (resident director and assistant resident direc-tor) in your building for advice.”

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tages to its privacy features. Since the site is open to anyone with an .edu address, staff and alumni can access the website as well. Additionally, there are no friending or authorization settings for who can message a user. Once the site matches people to a user’s particular interests, those same people

can openly view the user’s profi le information.“It’s like Match.com for college students. It

could catch on, but I feel like college students would be scared to use it,” said junior English and Textual Studies major Griffi n Bohen-Meiss-ner. “I’m uneasy about trying it out because of all the horror stories I’ve heard about putting your information up online. You have to be really careful.”

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FIRST DATESFor many students arriving to campus, this semester is full of fi rst moments: For freshmen, it may be the fi rst time you’ve shared a room, lived on a coed fl oor or been on your own. The more seasoned students on campus are not exempt. There is always something new hap-pening and a new school year is the perfect time for the universe to present us with fi rst-ever opportunities, such as a fi rst date.

Though going on dates is a dying activity in the collegiate population, it still happens once in a blue moon. Sure, with the stress of student life and impaired decision making skills of a long night out, hookups and one-night stands have become the norm. But when you fi nd the right person, going on a date is the fi rst step toward what you hope will be many more.

It’s natural to worry a bit. You may have a growing pit in your stomach that this date could become the cliché fi rst date disaster, but it is hoped that pit will be fi lled with eager and excited butterfl ies.

Besides, those fi rst few times you meet someone are the most exhilarating. Conversa-tion is naturally fl irtatious as you gage how much of yourself you’re willing to share with this stranger who has suddenly appeared in your life. That’s when the nerves start to set in. You suddenly become fully aware that this is a two-way interview process and you’re convinced that your list of credentials doesn’t quite stack up.

And then that certain someone makes you laugh. And it’s easy to enjoy the moment, which then turns into an hour until you realize that Starbucks is fi nally closing and you’ve been talking all night.

It’s only the fi rst week of school, but this is the time to keep an open mind about who you meet. The fi rst time you meet someone could very well lead to a fun and exciting fi rst date.

—Compiled by Danielle Odiamar, asst. feature editor, dmodiama@syr.edu

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By Darren BlecknerSTAFF WRITER

A fter two disappointing albums and a few less than stellar mixtapes, Lil Wayne fi nally

got it right. Fresh out of prison with his trademark rasp and high energy, Weezy

released the long-delayed “Tha Carter IV.” His stint in the cellblock allowed rap

giants Kanye West, Jay-Z and Eminem to take the throne of the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive.” Though Weezy may not be at the top, this album shouldn’t disappoint fans.

The album’s fi rst track, “Intro,” opens with the fl ick of a lighter before Lil Wayne enters with a two-minute, well-paced stream of conscious freestyle over a menacing horn-and-drum riff. It leads perfectly into “Blunt Blowin,” one of the strongest tracks on the album, robust with instrumental fanfare and a sing-along chorus. First single “6 Foot 7 Foot” teams the rapper with “A Milli” producer Ban-gladesh for a club banger with classic Weezy wordplay woven throughout the long verses. In “She Will,” Drake lays down a sexy hook in the radio friendly single.

Lil Wayne is at his best when he is himself: weird, crude and funny. His raps are contagious as he alters words into bizarre metaphors. It’s when he decides to slow down the beat that the album’s problems become glaringly obvious.

T-Pain lends his auto-tuned voice on the weak “How to Hate,” a song that sounds as if it was cut from T-Pain’s 2008 album “Thr33 Ringz.” Lil Wayne only makes a brief cameo on the R&B snoozefest, which is jarring and out of place in the album. “Nightmare on the Bottom” sounds too similar to the failed “Rebirth” rock experiment. “So Special,” featuring John Leg-

end, and Billboard Top 100 single “How to Love” lack the authenticity of Weezy’s late 2000’s mix tapes.

The “Intro” beat is also used for the two strongest tracks on the album: “Interlude,” featuring Tech N9ne, and “Outro,” featuring Bun B, Nas, Shyne and Busta Rhymes, all six talented rappers bringing their own unique styles. Ironically, Lil Wayne is absent from both of these tracks.

Despite the unevenness of the album, Weezy wraps up “Tha Carter IV” with a vengeance. He delivers his own inaugural address in “Presi-dent Carter,” with a hypnotic beat that gets stuck in your head. “It’s Good,” a previously leaked track, targets Jay-Z, who took a crack at Weezy’s mentor Birdman in “H-A-M.”

It has taken Lil Wayne almost three years to remind the fans why they fell in love with his music. But Weezy is not quite back yet. He needs to return to his roots instead of ventur-ing into other genres such as R&B. That aside, this album is headed in the right direction for Weezy, and “Tha Carter IV” may just be his stepping stone back to greatness.

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To Martina Loncarica, statistical achievements and individual accolades mean virtually noth-ing. The senior midfielder has bought into the team-first mentality head coach Ange Bradley has instilled into the No. 5 SU field hockey program.

“I really don’t follow records,” Loncarica said. “It’s just an outcome. If you play hard, then you’re going to get whatever’s on the record. I really don’t look at it.”

Loncarica is the most decorated player on the Orange (1-0, 0-0 Big East) roster following the departure of SU’s all-time points leader Maggie Befort last season. After being named Big East Preseason Offensive Player of the Year entering 2011, Loncarica, who is already SU’s all-time assists leader, earned career point No. 118 Satur-day against Monmouth. She is now within two points of Befort’s all-time mark.

But even as Loncarica closes in on the record, she hasn’t taken the time to bask in her accom-plishments. She is more focused on her role as a playmaker and leader on the team.

With nearly a full season left in her career, though, the record appears to be hers.

“She’s just been a very steady and consistent performer here, and we’re looking for her to do more of the same,” Bradley said. “But I’m not really sure what the record is that she’s creep-ing up on honestly.”

After a 4-0 season-opening win over Mon-mouth, it was clear that Bradley’s thoughts did not center around Loncarica setting a new record. The head coach just knows her senior leader will continue to produce and help the team win.

The team-first approach is well-received by her players, starting with the star Loncarica. And before her, the current record holder, Mag-gie Befort, set the example for the team.

When Befort set the record as a junior, she didn’t even realize her accomplishment. She wasn’t informed of the record until after the season, and even then she said it didn’t hold significant value for her.

Befort knows it means no more to Loncarica than it did to her.

“We never talked about those kinds of things, just because they’re not really important to

team-building stuff,” Befort said after SU’s win Saturday.

The only thing that has ever mattered to the pair is for SU’s on-field performance to improve year after year.

Befort, who watched from the stands Satur-day, serves as a reminder of the growth of the program under Bradley. The former back was a member of Bradley’s first recruiting class, and she helped lead the Orange to its first-ever No. 1 ranking and the final four as a sophomore.

And Loncarica was right there with Befort as SU advanced to the final four. The two formed a bond in three years together as the Orange rose to national prominence. Throughout her career, Befort said she fed off Loncarica’s passion for the game.

“We played next to each other, side by side for three years, and she’s always been a great teammate,” Befort said. “She’s one of those people that you can always go talk to, and she kind of reminds me of why you fell in love with the game.”

Befort is excited to see that legacy grow as a new group of players takes over the program, led by Loncarica. She said each freshman class seems to be more talented than the previous one.

So after Loncarica likely breaks Befort’s

record and departs in May, she will pass the torch on to someone else.

And that is what’s more important than break-ing Befort’s record. It’s Loncarica’s job to make sure the team is in good hands when she leaves.

“I’m blessed to be part of Syracuse Uni-versity, but records don’t really matter now,” Loncarica said. “I just have to play hard every day and build everything again.”

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venessa hernandez | contributing photographermartina loncarica (left) is two points shy of the career points record set by former teammate Maggie Befort. Loncarica, sU’s all-time assists leader, serves as the leader of another talented orange squad looking to continue the program’s winning tradition.

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Outlookthe No. 5 orange cruised to an easy victory in its season opener, but it will have to convert its opportunities more efficiently with three ranked opponents ahead on the schedule. syracuse fired 33 shots against the Hawks and earned 15 penalty corners but only found the back of the net four times. Additionally, the orange will look to improve both pressing the ball and maintaining its “diamond defense” formation. Friday’s game against North Carolina marks sU’s first real challenge of the season, but it will have to be ready for Wake Forest just one day later.

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A t last, football season is fi nally here. About eight months after Syracuse’s Pinstripe Bowl win over Kansas State — a shorter

offseason than usual for SU and its fans — the Orange is preparing to take the fi eld Thursday in the Carrier Dome.

Syracuse opens against a Wake Forest team that struggled to a 3-9 record last year. The Demon Deacons were young, and even though most of their starters return, Syracuse is likely playing a middle-to-bottom of the pack Atlantic Coast Conference squad.

Yes, there is hype as the season begins. But the result of the season opener shouldn’t factor too much into what the expectations are for this Syracuse team. And here’s why.

1. WIN OR LOSE, SYRACUSE’S MAIN OBJEC-TIVE ISN’T AFFECTED

Syracuse’s goal for 2011 is to compete for the Big East title. That has been laid out, crystal clear.

“Obviously, fi rst off, I just want everyone to know, and our players will tell you this, we talked to the players, we’ve signed on to our goals, and our goal as a football team, make no mistake about it, is being able to compete for a Big East championship,” SU head coach

Doug Marrone said at Syracuse media day on Aug. 5.

Last time I checked, Wake Forest is in the ACC.

This isn’t to say Syracuse shouldn’t win this game. It would be a nice win over a non-conference, Bowl Championship Series confer-ence team, and we know Syracuse hasn’t got-ten many of those in recent years. But should the Orange happen to lose this game, no one should panic.

Syracuse isn’t yet at the level to compete for a national title. That’s not the goal yet. In three years, fi ve years, perhaps.

“Obviously, I want to state what our goal is as a football program, to be able to compete for a Big East championship,” Marrone reiterated in his opening comments of his Wake Forest press conference Saturday.

Losing to Wake Forest — while disappoint-ing and disheartening — wouldn’t be the end for SU.

In fact, it might put Syracuse on a course similar to last year’s Big East champion, which brings me to my next point.

2. IT’S THE FIRST GAME, FOR CRYING OUT LOUDLast season’s Big East champions started out 3-4. Connecticut looked awful in a season-opening loss at Michigan and lost by two touch-downs to Temple. The Huskies were dead in the water after a 26-0 loss to Louisville dropped them to 0-2 in the conference.

Or so everyone thought. UConn reeled off fi ve straight wins to

conclude the regular season and advance to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The Orange started fast last year. Syracuse won four of its fi rst fi ve and six of its fi rst eight. It didn’t stop the team from wilting down the

stretch before rebounding in the Pinstripe Bowl.And SU will have plenty of wrinkles to iron

out over the fi rst two games against Wake For-est and Rhode Island.

“There’s some guys that were in high school last year or a year and a half ago that are going to have to get on the fi eld,” defensive coordina-tor Scott Shafer said at SU media day. “So it will be interesting to see how well we can get those up to speed.”

3. SYRACUSE’S OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE MAY NOT INDICATE ANYTHINGMarrone said in his presser Saturday that Wake Forest’s defense will provide a challenge for SU. One reason it’s a challenge is because the Orange don’t often see teams that run 3-4 primary defenses.––

The Demon Deacons run a 3-4, but they also come at opposing offenses with multiple schemes, Marrone said. And though Wake For-est ranked just 101st in total defense a season ago, sometimes the unfamiliarity of a scheme could throw an offense off.

“That’s very different from what we’ve seen,” wide receiver Van Chew said. “It’s hard to just know their alignments and stuff, and we have to make sure that we know the right audibles and hot (routes).”

If the SU offense stumbles against Wake Forest, it could be chalked up to the 3-4 defense. Fortunately, the Orange won’t have to face the scheme much once it enters confer-ence play.

Pittsburgh is the only team that has an established 3-4 defense. Other teams in the Big East throw it in at times, but the Panthers run an attacking 3-4 defense this year.

Any offensive confusion against Wake For-est could be a fl uke.

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T wo years ago there was hype. A season-high 48,617 fans came out to see “The Greg Paulus Experiment,” when Syracuse

opened 2009 at home against Minnesota.But a lowly 4-8 fi nish — including a 1-6 record

in the Big East — quelled the excitement.Now, though, the buzz has returned. Fresh

off its thrilling 36-34 win over Kansas State in the Pinstripe Bowl, Syracuse is once again a desirable ticket.

The Orange opens the 2011 season Thurs-day in the Carrier Dome against Wake Forest, with perhaps as much buildup as Paulus brought with him from Cameron Indoor Sta-dium in Durham, N.C.

And that’s why it is a must-win for head coach Doug Marrone and SU. Finally, after years of dormancy, Syracuse football is rele-vant again. It hosts a nonconference opponent from a power conference, and a loss would be a detrimental detraction from the fan base the team built during last year’s march through the Bronx.

1. SYRACUSE MUST PROTECT ITS HOUSEMarrone stressed it at SU media day and again at his Wake Forest press conference. The impor-tance of being able to win in the Carrier Dome is something that can’t be stressed enough.

A repeat of last year’s 2-4 disappointment at home won’t cut it. Syracuse won surpris-

ingly on the road at West Virginia and South Florida last year but failed to beat a Football Bowl Subdivision team at home.

“We talked to our players quite a bit about those wins on the road last year and how the people of Syracuse and our fans weren’t able to enjoy that,” Marrone said at SU media day Aug. 5. “That’s a responsibility that we have.”

And this year that starts Thursday against the Demon Deacons. If Syracuse wants to be taken seriously in 2011, it must come out and make a statement at home.

No better time to do that than in week one against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.

2. THIS IS SU’S BEST CHANCE TO NOTCH A QUALITY, NONCONFERENCE WINWhen the Orange fl ies to the West Coast to take on Southern California, it will do so as a mas-

sive underdog.More than likely, that game will be a loss.

Syracuse just isn’t on that level yet as a foot-ball program.

The Pinstripe Bowl defi nitely boosted SU’s national stature, but the Orange can’t compete with a team that won the Rose Bowl following the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons.

Pinstripes don’t equal roses. A loss to USC leaves winnable nonconfer-

ence games against Wake Forest, Tulane, Toledo and Rhode Island. Not that impressive a group.

If Syracuse fails to beat the Demon Dea-cons, SU is looking at having its “marquee” nonconference win against a team from the Mid-American Conference (Toledo), Confer-ence USA (Tulane) or a Football Champion-ship Subdivision team (Rhode Island).

Incredibly unimpressive.That’s why Syracuse must beat Wake

Forest. The Orange needs this game to boost its bowl resume even though it takes place in week one.

“We have a challenge right off the bat,” Marrone said. “This is a big game. We open up against an ACC opponent, one that is not too far removed from an ACC title.”

3. SYRACUSE NEEDS TO PROVE IT CAN OVER-COME ADVERSITY

Doug Marrone called the incidents of the sum-mer distractions, and there were plenty of them.

* Wide receiver Jarrod West arrested for underage drinking in May

* Running back Prince-Tyson Gulley stabbed in the early morning hours of July 29

* Wide receiver Marcus Sales arrested on felony drug charges in the evening of July 29

* Quarterback Jonny Miller arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault

At Big East media day Aug. 5, Marrone said it would be diffi cult to get the team regrouped and refocused with all the negative attention it had received over the summer.

A week before the season opener against Wake Forest, strong safety Shamarko Thomas said the team has responded very well.

“We just stay focused,” Thomas said. “We let coach Marrone handle all that. We just stay focused on one goal: to beat Wake that fi rst week.”

Thus, beating Wake Forest on Thursday is imperative to show that all the traumatic events of the summer are truly behind the Orange.

A slip-up allows the questions to resume. Is the passing game in trouble without Sales? Was training camp less productive because of the off-the-fi eld issues?

A win cements all that fi rmly in the past.mjcohe02@syr.edu; @Michael_Cohen13

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we play to shoot through us.”Sacred Heart, a 2010 NCAA tournament

team and the Orange’s first opponent of the season, found out the hard way Friday.

The Pioneers were visibly frustrated from the start of the first set, as SU’s 6-0 opening run came courtesy of four blocked shots at the net.

The result was exactly what assistant coach Kelly Morrisroe intended when she drilled team defense into her players’ heads through-out summer practice: a convincing win.

“I told the girls that they should get ready to block and deflect some shots this season,” Morrisroe said. “There’s nothing, and I mean nothing, that’ll flatten an opponent quite like a block.”

SU seems well-equipped to continue flatten-ing opponents this season. Hinz and McCabe had 30 blocks last weekend, and Morrisroe said McCabe has blocked shots almost 10 feet tall with her long wingspan.

“She’s blocked a 9-foot-9-inch shot, but I think she can do better,” Morrisroe said. “From a shot-blocking standpoint, this is real-ly the most athletic team I’ve been around.”

But blocking shots is also about more than athletic intangibles. Timing is needed to antic-ipate shots, and accurate blocks stay within the field of play.

McCabe displayed both attributes in a momentum-swinging block against Youngstown State on Saturday. With Syracuse down two sets to one and trailing in the fourth set, McCabe timed a leap perfectly, stuffing a shot on the right side of the court and placing it left to where no YSU player could return it.

McCabe said it was the perfect block for another reason. It woke up her teammates.

“There was no way that they could get it, but it was timely, too,” McCabe said. “We needed a shot in the arm.”

Perfect blocks aren’t possible without back-up. Often, two front line players will leap at the same time and try to block a shot together.

McCabe and Hinz like to team up for a block. But solo blocks are more difficult to execute.

There’s an unspoken competition during some matches. McCabe versus Hinz, compet-ing with one another yet also working together to deflect any and every shot they can get their hands on.

“We race to see who can get the most blocks, and it can get a little crazy sometimes,” McCabe said.

Freshman Andrea Fisher might make the competition a three-player race after blocking 11 shots in three games, including a resound-ing rejection in the first match against Sacred

Heart.Bench players want in on the block party,

too. Freshman middle blocker Kelsey Bates made her first appearance of the season late in the third set against Siena Saturday night, but that didn’t stop her from blocking two consecu-tive spike attempts.

Morrisroe said her defense is tailor-made to

help her interior players relieve tension — but mostly block shots.

In its own violent way, Hinz said blocking is therapeutic.

“You have no idea how good it feels to block a shot back at someone,” said Hinz. “It’s the best de-stresser in the world.”

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is a mammoth, even among the defensive tackles. But he also has deceptive speed for his size.

“He’s a big boy, but he’s moving,” Bromley said. “That’s the greatest thing about it. He’s a moving big boy, he ain’t no slow dude.”

If Wake Forest’s offense is anything like it was last year, the season opener will be a good test for a young defensive line. The Demon Deacons had a decent rushing game last season, pounding out 158.5 yards per game on the ground.

Brumbaugh said he doesn’t want his guys to hold the defense back because of their inexperience.

“We have to be the solution, not the problem,” he said. “Because we are a young bunch.”

Graham secures third receiver role This summer was different for Dorian Gra-ham. The senior wide receiver needed to change his approach to the offseason to make plays during the season for Syracuse.

He needed to work on catching the ball. “I focused less on the weight room and all

the hard training and stuff like that,” Gra-ham said. “I focused more on the field work, the skills, the route running, the catching. Pretty much most of my work was done on the field.”

Graham beat out sophomore Jarrod West for the No. 3 receiver spot for the Orange entering Thursday’s season opener, a deci-sion that displays the confidence SU has in Graham’s offseason growth.

The senior didn’t catch a pass last season, despite seeing some time with the offense.

His biggest problem was his hands. Graham has blazing speed — many believe he’s the fast-est receiver SU has — but until this year, that was it. He struggled with dropped passes.

In camp, Graham has been Syracuse’s best route-runner. After talking to his defensive backs, Syracuse defensive coordinator Scott Shafer said Graham and Syracuse’s No. 1 receiver, Van Chew, are the two they point out as the toughest to cover.

Graham has always been a weight room freak with sprinter’s speed. But, pending the in-game proof that his ball-catching has really improved, he can be more than that.

He can be the third receiver Syracuse needs.

“I think Dorian Graham really started last year, he worked extremely hard to get into a position to play,” Marrone said. “I think he is really practicing well.”

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chris griffin | contributing photographerSamantha hinz (5) and the Orange worked on blocking shots throughout summer practice and have continued to focus on defensive technique early in the season.

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By Mark CooperAsst. sports Editor

D eon Goggins exerted his frus-tration on Jerome Smith. In back-to-back plays on the second

series of the Ernie Davis Scrimmage on Aug. 20, Smith, the Syracuse run-ning back, followed his blockers to the line of scrimmage. And each time he was met by a charging Goggins.

In stuffing the running back on those two plays, the senior nose tackle may have put the past — a lost season in 2010 — behind him for good.

One week later, Goggins received the gratification of being named a starter for Syracuse’s season opener against Wake Forest.

“I was my own worst enemy,” Gog-gins said. “I just learned how to let everything go and just went after it. I feel like I’m back to playing like I was at (junior college), just a hundred times better.”

Goggins entered preseason camp as a backup defensive tackle, but a strong camp punctuated by a stand-out performance in the scrimmage pushed the senior ahead of Cory Boatman on the depth chart. Goggins and Jay Bromley were chosen as the starting defensive tackles on the two-deep depth chart released by SU head coach Doug Marrone on Saturday. But they are only going to be part of a deep defensive tackle rotation for the Orange.

As many as six interior defensive linemen could get on the field for Syr-acuse this season. Marrone named four nose tackles and two defensive tackles on the depth chart.

“Anyone that is on that two-deep, we are telling everyone in this room that if that player went into a football game, we feel comfortable with him,” Marrone said.

Defensive tackle was one of the more competitive position battles in preseason camp. Last season, the Orange went with a primary rota-tion of three guys — Andrew Lewis, Anthony Perkins and Bud Tribbey — all of whom graduated.

Bromley and Boatman left the spring as the starters, but Goggins was right behind them.

The senior came in with high

expectations following his transfer to SU from Cerritos (Calif.) Community College. But he never got on the field and was labeled somewhat of a disap-pointment.

He has redeemed himself this August, though, looking strong and pushing for playing time. He had to move to nose tackle to secure a start-ing job, but he said he played some nose tackle at Cerritos and the only difference comes with technique.

Lining up next to Goggins will be the sophomore Bromley, who played in 12 games last year and saw a little time at defensive tackle. The players behind them — Boatman, true fresh-man Eric Crume, Ollie Haney and Robert Welsh — will be called into action, too.

“A defensive tackle gets hit on

every single play,” defensive tackles coach Jimmy Brumbaugh said. “So if he’s out there for 70 plays, he’s getting hit 70 plays. You take a (defen-sive back) out there and he may hit somebody 10 plays. So it takes a lot of beating on your body.”

Crume is the most intriguing of

the other defensive tackles that will see playing time. Not only is he the lone true freshman among the six interior guys on the two-deep, he’s also the biggest player on the Syra-cuse defense.

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After Syracuse upended Sacred Heart in three sets Friday night, junior middle blocker Samantha Hinz wove her way through a crowd around the scorer’s table in search of the scorekeeper.

“You had seven blocks,” the scorekeeper shouted to Hinz.

“That’s all I wanted to hear,” Hinz said before maneuvering her way back out of the crowd and toward the Women’s Building lock-er room.

Blocks may not be as glamorous

as kills, spikes and digs to the casu-al volleyball fan, but to Hinz and her teammates, they’re a critical statistic. SU’s interior defense flat-tened its opponents with demoral-izing blocks throughout Big Orange Tournament last weekend, keying the team’s 3-0 start.

Hinz said that the strength of this year’s team is at the net.

“I’m 6 feet 1 inch, and so is (soph-omore middle blocker) Lindsay (McCabe), so we can usually get a hand on shots around the net,” Hinz said. “We make it tough for teams

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Jay bromley (center) was named the starting defensive tackle on sU’s depth chart for the season opener at home against Wake forest thursday. Bromley and starting nose tackle deon Goggins are among six interior defensive linemen likely to see playing time this season.

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Butting headsin anticipation of the syracuse football team’s season opener against Wake forest on thursday, beat writers Michael Cohen and Mark Cooper debate just how important this game is for the orange. Look inside for three reasons why this game is huge for sU and three reasons why it doesn’t mean as much as you might think. Page 14

InterIor remodelIngsyracuse’s three cogs on the interior defensive line from last season have all graduated, but the orange has a deep corps inside entering 2011. Jay Bromley and deon Goggins are listed as the starters at defen-sive tackle and nose tackle for sU’s season opener, but second-string-ers Cory Boatman and Eric Crume should see field time, too. Here’s a look at the size all four bring to the table:

Player Year Height WeightBromley sophomore 6-3 280Goggins senior 6-1 272Boatman senior 6-1 281Crume freshman 6-0 332