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By Michael Burkestaff writer

It was early 1992 when Larry Martin reached out to Greg Allen, first by letter and then

again by phone. Martin wanted to know if Allen was interested in returning to Syracuse University for a Coming Back Together reunion.

It had been nearly 20 years since Allen, who played football at SU, had graduated from the university. He hadn’t been back since.

But he accepted Martin’s offer, coming back to Syracuse with five other members of the Syracuse 8. Since returning to the Hill, he’s become an active member of the community and now co-owns the new brick-oven pizza shop on

Marshall Street. Allen was a member of the “Syr-

acuse 8” — a group of nine black players who boycotted spring foot-ball practice in 1970, citing racial discrimination in the program. The group was referred by local media as the “Syracuse 8,” and the name stuck.

After sitting out the 1970 sea-son, Allen returned to the team in 1971. At that point, the team had undergone some changes at the request of the administration, rather than the coaches.

He graduated in 1973, with the boycott and feelings of bitterness fresh in his mind.

Even though his place in the Syr-acuse 8 is immortalized at the uni-versity, Allen said his identity has become more than the events that

transpired so many years ago.

•••After the Syracuse 8 players sat out of spring practice, SU head coach Floyd ‘Ben’ Schwartzwalder sus-pended them at the start of the 1970 season. The players were reinstated for the season’s first game but feeling unsatisfied, they reverted to boycot-ting after that game.

During the boycott, Schwartzwalder invited three players back to the team, said John Lobon, a fellow Syracuse 8 member. Allen was the only one of the three who didn’t accept the offer.

“Greg was determined that we were one,” Lobon said. “Greg could’ve gone back and he chose to stay with

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Allen comes back to SU despite Syracuse 8 history

By Justin Mattinglynews editor

The idea for a book about the Syracuse 8 came more than 40 years ago, but the connection wasn’t there. Then came David Marc.

Marc sits in the Alumni Conference Room in the Women’s Building on the Syracuse University campus, discuss-ing his latest book, “Leveling the Play-ing Field: The Story of the Syracuse 8” and frequently interrupts with facts about the key members of SU football and university history. The 344-page book was published by Syracuse Uni-versity Press, making it the first book published by the university about a divisive time in its history.

The book, which came out over the summer, was written with oral histo-ries of each member of the Syracuse 8 and features a foreword by former SU standout Jim Brown. The Syracuse 8 is a group of nine SU football players, mistakenly called the “Syracuse 8,” who petitioned for racial equality on the football team during the 1969-70 season. The group was kicked off the team and rejected reinstatement from the university.

While the idea for the book came more than 40 years ago, there wasn’t the right connection to have it written, said Larry Martin, the vice president of SU’s Office of Program Development.

“We’ve had many false starts with

SEPT. 26, 1970 Nine black SU football players boycotted the SU football program until it treated them equally. They were referred to as the “Syracuse 8.”

Here’s a look at some of the events from the Syracuse 8’s history:

SYRACUSE 8 TIMELINE

Author David Marc discusses book, history of the Syracuse 8

GREG ALLEN was a member of the Syracuse 8, a group of SU football players who petitioned for racial equality on the SU football team. Allen has since rejoined the Syracuse community and is now a co-owner of the new M Street Pizzeria. daily orange file photo

WHAT IS THE SYRACUSE 8?A group of nine SU football play-ers, mistakenly called the “Syr-acuse 8,” petitioned for racial equality on the SU football team during the 1969-70 season. The group was kicked off the football team and rejected reinstate-ment from the university. For more on the Syracuse 8, see dailyorange.com.

SEPT. 28, 1970 The Syracuse 8 rejects reinstatement from the university, handing their rejection over to the administration and then leaving a press conference.

DEC. 10, 1970 A report commissioned by SU Chancellor John Corbally Jr. concluded that “racism in the Syracuse University Athletic Department is real, chronic, largely unintentional, and sustained and complicated unwittingly by many modes of behavior common in American athletics and long-standing at Syracuse University.”

OCT. 21, 2006 The group was recognized at halftime of the SU-Louisville football game and awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for Extraordinary Courage.

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By Katie Zilcoskycontributing writer

Sophomore Sarah Gardner’s job really starts when people start leav-ing the Carrier Dome.

“After the game is when our job really starts. We’re in the press conference,” said Gardner, a sport management major, who works in public relations for the Syracuse University Athletics Department.

During the press conferences, Gardner is responsible for taking quotes for Cuse.com and aiding reporters, sitting alongside the play-ers and coaches.

“There’s rarely a moment when we’re all just sitting around because athletics, especially college athlet-ics, is always a hands on job,” Gard-ner said. “It never really sleeps.”

Last autumn, Sue Edson made a visit to Gardner’s sport management class. She talked about an opportu-nity to volunteer with the depart-ment at the NCAA Tournament East Regional, and Gardner decided to pursue it. Gardner worked with the athletic department as the university hosted the Elite Eight and Sweet 16 in the Carrier Dome.

She now works in public relations at Manley Field House for the men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse pro-grams, and she works in the Carrier Dome during football games.

At Manley Field House, Gardner

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SARAH GARDNER is working for SU’s men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse teams. She dreams of one day interning for the Boston Red Sox or the New England Patriots. benjamin wilson staff photographer

In a Sept. 22 article titled “Love for Western movies influences tattoos,” the movie that inspired one of Roger Gao’s tattoos was misstated. It was “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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takes care of everything from updat-ing rosters to distributing credentials.

Gardner and her coworkers are in charge of preparing the statistics, the rosters and any game day notes the media may need.

“It’s an incredible way to perfect what I want to do,” Gardner said. “I don’t ever like to start small. I like to go big or go home. This is really what I want to do.”

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Time to register(from left) aaron mevorah and virginia mcbride, a sophomore communication and rhetorical studies major and assistant residence director of Dell-Plain Hall, respectively, register to vote outside Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday. The New York State Public Interest Research Group, commonly referred to as NYPIRG, hosted the voter registration drive across various locations on campus as part of National Voter Registration Day. logan reidsma photo editor

Marching band invited to LondonSUMB might perform at New Year’s paradeBy Matthew Feldmancontributing writer

The Syracuse University Marching Band has officially been invited to perform at next year’s London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival.

During a ceremony at the Car-rier Dome on Sept. 14, the band was invited to take part in the 31st annual parade, which is scheduled to be held between Dec. 27, 2016 and Jan. 3, 2017 in London. The parade boasts a world-wide TV audience of more than 300 million viewers and about two-thirds of a million people attend the parade, according to an SU News release.

The SUMB was first recommended for the nomination by a band that performed in a past parade, and thus began the process. The organizers of the parade and festival researched the SUMB by watching videos and investigating their numerous social media outlets.

Finally, SUMB director Justin Mertz received a call this summer. The

@blongwellI CANNOT believe that Syracuse is contemplating retiring the kiss cam. How incredibly stupid.

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Health institute launches alcohol intervention siteBy Alexa Torrensasst. news editor

A new platform to help college admin-istrators make informed decisions about how to address student drink-ing and the health and security issues it may cause was announced Tuesday by the National Institutes of Health.

The platform — CollegeAIM (Alcohol Intervention Matrix) — will

be available as a guide and online. CollegeAIM is a synthesis of at least 60 alcohol-related interventions ranked according to factors such as effectiveness and costs, according to an NIH press release.

The platform is designed for col-lege administrators and staff to make science-based decisions to resolve issues that result from student drink-ing, such as health problems and

safety risks.“It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s compre-

hensive and the information is cred-ible and completely trustworthy,” said Jonathan Gibralter, the presi-dent of Wells College and the chair of a working group focused on combat-ing harmful and underage drinking, during a teleconference on Tuesday.

Representatives of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism, the subset of NIH that created CollegeAIM, emphasized the importance of using the platform to address binge drinking among college students. Binge drinking is defined for women as the ingestion of four drinks in a two-hour period and for men, the ingestion of five drinks in this period, said NIAAA Director George Koob.

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SU, SUNY Upstate launch research partnershipBy Claire Moranstaff writer

Researchers from Syracuse Univer-sity and SUNY Upstate Medical Uni-versity are teaming up in a new pilot program for research collaboration between faculties at the two schools.

“Syracuse University has things that we don’t have and (Upstate) has things that Syracuse University doesn’t have so we can become that

bigger university through collab-oration,” said David Amberg, vice president of research at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.

Sam Nappi, a member of the SU Board of Trustees, donated $1.5 mil-lion to SU for biomedical and chem-ical engineering. He designated $500,000 of that money for the pilot program. Amberg said he had been considering ways in which Upstate

could collaborate more with other universities, and Nappi approached him and mentioned the program.

“(Nappi) just wanted to see us work together more,” Amberg said. “That really sung to me given all the efforts we had been engaged in in col-laboration we’d already been doing.”

The program will allow research-ers to pitch ideas for new projects to a panel of judges. Amberg likened the process to the television show “Shark

Tank.” First, people interested in the grant must submit a letter of intent by Oct. 16 and a full application by Nov. 10. Some of those applicants will be invited to present their idea at the “Shark Tank”-like event.

Amberg said the presenters will describe the project, explain how it will benefit the universities and say how they hope to receive additional federal funding. The panel expects to

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Here’s a look at some of the top news sto-ries from across the globe on Tuesday:

POLITICS

NOT FOR LONG U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a short-term spending bill designed to avoid a government shutdown by sparking a series of moves to fund the government through Dec. 11. source: bloomberg

WORLD

TAKING IT IN European Union ministers approved a plan for individual countries in the bloc to take in a share of the hundreds of thousands of refugees seeking asylum in Europe. source: the washington post

SCANDAL SHEET Falsified U.S. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of Volkswagen’s cars worldwide as investigations of its diesel models multiplied. source: reuters

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Computer science classes to prepare students for next-generation jobs

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that all of the city’s public schools are required to

offer computer science within the next 10 years. It’s a bold initiative given the strict time-table, but this is the type of forward-thinking regulation that will not only prepare students for job requirements of the future, but also help propel the technology world at-large. It’s completely understandable for an elementary school student to groan at the thought of having to take a computer science class. It has the words “computer” and “sci-ence,” but it’s not a computer they are going to play games on, nor is it the type of science where they get to make stuff pop and fizz. But what goes unsaid with the words “com-puter science” is future job marketability. Of course, kids don’t, and shouldn’t, think about that stuff. Nonetheless, it is something de Bla-sio thought about when making his decision.

A 2014 Business Insider article looked at the best 20 jobs in terms of forecasted open-ings and pay in 2022. Software Applications Developers, Computer Systems Analysts and Software Systems Developers, all ranked in the top 12. Those three combined for an aver-age pay of $89,580 in 2012, and are projected for an average of 116,800 job openings for each. Learning how to code at a young age allows for more practice, growth and, in turn, the devel-opment of better employees. These companies are always looking for people who can help them build a product better than their competitors, and they compensate mightily for it. New York City is the third major Ameri-can city to do this. Chicago and San Francisco

have approved similar, but not identical plans. Both those cities have received funding from companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook. It’s likely that New York will get something similar because this is an advantage for tech giants. As the United States becomes more tech-literate, we should see progress not only in entertainment devices and accessories, but in many other fields as well. The medical industry, for example, still has mountains of potential that could be unlocked by doctors who have knowledge and understanding of computer science. While the potential advantages are endless, there are many questions regarding the pro-grams these three cities are launching. Where school systems are going to find this many computer science teachers is not yet known and neither is a guaranteed source of the funding. According to The New York Times, New York

City is expecting half of the $81 million it’s going to spend over the next 10 years to come from private sources. While they are likely to hit that goal, it’s no sure thing. Maybe the biggest obstacle in all of this is that a lot of students don’t have reliable access to computers before college, which will make it difficult to work on assignments and personal projects at home. To truly learn the ins and outs of computer programming, one has to explore it for more than just five hours a week. These are issues, no doubt, but New York City has 10 years to work through the logistics. Besides, the most crucial thing is already figured out: how to prepare New York City and its students for a world built on code.

Paul Sarconi is a junior broadcast and digital journalism major.

His column appears weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @paulsarconi.

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Political outsiders have chance to take White House in 2016 election

Americans may not have decided on who they want in the White House in 2016, but the latest polls prove that

voters don’t want another career politician. Business mogul Donald Trump, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson are leading the herd of GOP candidates as the few candidates who come from non-political backgrounds. Traditionally, candidates’ substantial political experience has been a determining factor in elections. However, the American people are waking up and realizing that electing a member of the political elite to office will do more harm than good. This trend is the result of the current political landscape straying away from the core value to do what is best for the people. This degradation is characterized

by politicians going into office, enthusiastic about making positive change, only to lose that mindset. It has become too common for leaders to get lost in Washington politics as their main goal becomes maintaining their position of power. Carly Fiorina’s surge in the polls post-de-bate is the perfect example of the American people looking to stop this pattern in its tracks. A few months ago, she was trailing behind just about everyone – polling a solid one percent in the national polls. Now, she is polling in second place with 15 percent, followed by Carson with 14 percent. Love her, hate her, say what you want

about her, Fiorina was clearly a shining star at last Wednesday’s GOP debate, which is particularly noteworthy considering she is new to politics. Her performance was a major contributor to her jump in the polls, as she surprised both liberals and conservatives with her clear, concise and articulate answers – and not to mention, her shutdown of Donald Trump. This was her chance to show the country what she has to offer as the only woman vying for the Republican nomination, and the political outsider did not miss her opportunity to shine. Being a Washington newcomer has almost become the latest fad in the race to the White House. Candidates Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) have attempted to label themselves as such, despite the obvious: they’re not. This isn’t to say that voters should

support candidates with no experience or credentials whatsoever. While political out-siders may not have numerous government positions on their resumes, they have appli-cable real-world experience and skills that could prove useful throughout their possible presidential tenure. We are a nation by the people, for the people, but career politicians tend to forget that. Going back to our country’s founding, the political template used to govern today was not created by members of the exclusive political class, but by public-spirited citizens advocating for a better country. Voters should keep these values in mind when casting their ballots in 2016.

Vanessa Salman is a junior political sci-ence major. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @VanessaSalman.

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Syracuse University should actively work to maintain a professional rela-tionship with SUNY Upstate Medical University while it considers the pos-sibility of bringing a veteran-focused medical school to campus. The recent formation of a research partnership by SU and SUNY Upstate is a positive example of the bettering of the relationship between the neigh-boring universities. The program will allow research-ers to pitch ideas for new projects to a panel of judges in order to receive grant funding. Ideally, the projects should benefit the universities in some way. A donation from a member of the SU Board of Trustees will provide the program with $500,000 to start off. Earlier this summer, the two

universities were at the center of con-troversy after SUNY Upstate officials wrote to Chancellor Kent Syverud that the second medical school would harm Upstate and create competition for patients. Although SU is only exploring the idea of a medical school at this time, it would be in the best interest of both institutions to uphold a positive rela-tionship within the local community, something that should be encouraged through collaborative programs like the research partnership. The establishment of this program, particularly as one that benefits the local Syracuse com-munity, is an opportunity to build a stronger partnership between the two institutions, especially during the exploratory period of the SU

medical school. SU’s proposed medical school should not be seen as a threat to SUNY Upstate Medical University and the raised concerns should not be a reason for SU to not move forward with the medical school proposal. It is important for SUNY Upstate to keep an open mind as SU comes to a decision on moving forward with the medical school. Gregory L. East-wood, interim president of Upstate, wrote in a July 31 letter to Syverud that a second medical school would stress the already limited resources of Upstate. Moving forward, the two universi-ties should continue to work together to foster a constructive relationship and promote academic collaboration within the Syracuse community.

President Barack Obama reformed the college ranking process this month

by providing students with a new information database. The college scorecard system pulls from data records the federal government keeps on over 7,000 institutions, including Syracuse Uni-versity, to develop customized lists. The scorecard purposely avoids a numbered ranking system. This enables prospective undergraduate, transfer and graduate students to decide for themselves what makes a “top college.” The resource allows students to go into the enrollment process fully informed with hard statistics, rather than self-reports or historic prestige. The idea of “college prestige” plays a huge role in college rankings and in the decision process, but prestige isn’t an attribute that can be

reliably backed up by data. America’s top colleges are picked from a small and relatively unchanging pool of “fan-favorites,” most often including Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities in the top spots. These institutions all belong to a larger group of prestigious universities collectively known as the Ivy League. The Ivy League actually refers to a Northeastern sports confer-ence - not educational excellence - and is more akin to the NCA A Atlantic Coast Conference than an academic hall of fame. The college scorecard system eliminates misleading information, making it an essential tool in stu-

dents’ college selections. The pres-ident’s scorecard has specifications that allow you to sort schools by the percent of its college graduates who earn more than high school grads, average annual cost, number of students, graduation rate and salary after attending. Because most students lack the ability to visit all of the schools they are interested in, arbitrary rankings that often include factors like the self-reported “hotness” of its student body end up being used by students instead. Each institution’s information block shows where the university stands against national averages of these categories. However, the scorecard does lack information about the facilities and equipment available at each college - a critical factor to athletes and scientists.

The president’s plan allows students to decide for themselves what’s important in their college experience with verifiable data to guide them. For example, a school could place first in the nation for the highest annual salary after gradu-ation, but place far lower on the list for its high cost of attendance. The scorecard states that its “Average Annual Cost” category is compiled from the average net price for federal financial aid recipients, incorporating state and school scholarships into its final price. For 40 million Americans facing a staggering student loan debt of $1.2 trillion, money spent on school and earned after graduation is of extreme importance. Julian du Buclet, a senior finance and entrepreneurship major, expressed regret that the scorecard wasn’t available as a tour

when he was applying to schools. “If I could do it again, I think I would attend Howard (University) or Morehouse (College) because they offer full rides for [academic excellence], and knowing some-thing like that would have defi-nitely influenced my decision over paying 60K a year here — before tax,” said du Buclet. The fully customizable score-card system effectively places college ranking power into the hands of students, revolutionizing the college selection process and reinforcing the fact that the “Top College” isn’t necessarily the best college for every student.Zhané Souter is a senior broadcast

journalism major and forensic science minor. Her column appears

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parade committee liked what they had seen of SUMB’s performances, and extended the invita-tion to perform in London to Mertz and the rest of the band.

Mertz said he is extremely honored by the

invitation, but he is not yet sure if the band will be able to make the trip.

“It’s a little too soon to tell right now,” he said. “We are still in the process of investigating what it will cost and how many students we will be able to bring.”

Mertz said the directors of the SUMB would like to bring the entire band, which currently

has about 200 members, but he would be open to bringing a smaller, select number of band members if the trip proves too costly.

Although it is unclear whether the perfor-mance will materialize or not, for Mertz and Ethington, the invitation alone is a statement.

Mertz agreed and said it’s all about making sure the band looks good and acts as the best

musical ambassadors they can be.If the performance happens, Mertz is ready

to put on a show.“We’re going to approach it like any other per-

formance that we have,” Mertz said. “We’re going to do it at the highest level, and make sure that we live up to our name: The Pride of the Orange.”

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us … that’s the piece that speaks volumes.”Allen didn’t feel he was above the other

players, saying that if the Syracuse 8 were all committing a so-called offense, then they would endure the punishment together.

“Of course I was elated about being invited back and wanted to go back, but I didn’t think it was fair for me to go back and not the others,” he said, refer-ring to the six members not invited back.

After the season ended, SU’s Committee on Allegations of Racial Discrimination in the Football Program suggested changes to the ath-letic department, which then-Chancellor John Corbally approved.

Allen didn’t go on to play football profession-ally, but Allen said he thinks he could have if not for the color of his skin.

“Of course there are always different sets of circumstances,” he said. “But if you were to ask me if I think I had the ability, yes I do.”

Instead, Allen bounced around a few jobs — including hosting a radio show in Hart-

ford, Connecticut — before landing at Liberty Mutual, an insurance company, for 33 years. For about half his time at the company, Allen remained disconnected from his alma mater.

•••In 1992, the Office of Program Development at SU had a planning session for Coming Back Together, a reunion held every three years geared to welcoming back African-American and Latino alumni to Syracuse.

At the session, Robert Boney, then-vice president of undergraduate studies at SU, pitched the idea to invite back the Syracuse 8. Martin was the one tasked with reaching out individually to the former players and he said he wasn’t sure whether or not they would accept the invitation.

But after discussing it, Allen and five other Syracuse 8 members decided it was worth coming back. Both Allen and Lobon said they initially felt some animosity upon returning, but when the Syracuse 8 were introduced at the reunion’s dinner gala, they received a standing ovation.

“That was the start of a new day,” Lobon said.Since then, Allen has been an active mem-

ber of Syracuse’s community. He’s now directly involved with Coming Back Together and serves on the School of Education’s Visitors Board.

In September 2005, during a Coming Back Together weekend, Allen participated in a panel with the other Syracuse 8 members. They dis-cussed the boycott in-depth, revealing what was going on when they weren’t a part of the team.

“It was very powerful,” Martin said. “And because of that, a number of people who attended the session, they advocated for these guys and said, ‘We ought to officially recognize them.’”

And so, in 2006, the school honored Allen, along with the other members of the Syracuse 8, with the Chancellor’s Medal for Extraordinary Courage.

•••Dave Jacobs, who was SU’s placekicker in the late 70s, knew of Allen from his time on SU’s football team. So when Allen stopped into Shirt World, Jacobs’ apparel store on Marshall Street, they “hit it off” almost immediately, Jacobs said. The two have been friends ever since.

Last fall, Allen got a call from Jacobs, who wanted to know if he was interested in joining him as a co-owner of a new pizza shop.

“Knowing who he was, who he is and what he stands for, he’s such an embracing guy but you’ll get the real deal,” Jacobs said.

After thinking it over, Allen decided to jump in. He felt he could trust Jacobs and Jeff Smith, the third co-owner. That trust and the location of the pizza shop on Marshall Street were the main reasons he made the decision.

Allen will visit the pizzeria for the first time on Oct. 23, when he’ll also be signing copies of “Leveling the Playing Field,” a new book about the Syracuse 8, published by the university.

It’s a long way, Allen said, from where he once stood with Syracuse.

“I just think it’s important for people to understand that there’s no bitterness or ani-mosity about the events that transpired in the past,” he said. “The university has moved on and has tried to reconcile with us.

“And I feel reconciled with the university,” Allen said.

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good will, but no one was able to accomplish it. At the same time, this is still a very sensitive subject,” Martin said. “There are people who won’t let go of the past and as a result, there are some bitter feelings out there about the book and I think David’s done a terrific job. It’s an honest appraisal of what happened.”

Marc said there were writers who were interested in the racial issue of the Syracuse 8 but didn’t know anything about football and there were people interested in the football issue who didn’t know anything about the racial issue.

“I saw the two were bound to each another and neither one could be slighted,” Marc said.

When discussing his inspiration for writing the book, Marc stops and tells the story of Ron Womack, a member of the Syracuse 8, who came to SU from West Virginia.

Womack was the first African-American high school student to win academic athlete of the year in West Virginia. Although a banquet is normally held to give the award, Marc said because of Womack’s skin color, the people who threw the banquet wouldn’t sit down and eat at the same table as him.

Instead, Womack was told to go to a trophy store to receive his award. A man at the store had put a note on the trophy that said to give it to

Womack, Marc said.“Leveling the Playing Field” — Marc’s 11th

book — is his favorite because of the topic and the substance, he said.

“They are all just amazing people. They could have gone to dozens of schools, including the service academies; several were admitted to West Point and the Naval Academy,” Marc said. “They chose (Syracuse) because of the reputa-tion Syracuse had of being a place that would be fair to black players and it turned out to be just the opposite.

While the book was Marc’s favorite, Martin said “nobody” thought it would ever be com-pleted. Martin said the support of then-Chan-cellor Nancy Cantor, some members of the Board

of Trustees, SU alumnus and NFL Hall of Famer Art Monk helped make the book possible.

The work will be on display during SU’s homecoming weekend, scheduled for Oct. 19-25, and a previous event featuring the book in Washington D.C. garnered a large crowd.

Forty-five years after the Syracuse 8 pro-tested discrimination within the SU football program and more than 40 years after the idea for a book originated, there finally is one.

“These guys, they had it all,” Marc said. “They were living the dream. But there was injustice and an assault on their dignity and they wouldn’t stand for it and they were willing to risk everything.”

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award grants ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.Amberg added that faculty have given posi-

tive feedback to the research partnership so far.“Even without awarding the money, we already

have people working with each other,” he said. “We already have people looking, learning more about each other’s community. What Mr. Nappi has stimulated here is so much what we needed.”

Gina Lee-Glauser, SU’s vice president for research, said the presentation poses a special-

challenge for faculty members.“(The faculty members) can give lectures

great, but they may not be able to pitch their ideas,” Lee-Glauser said. “So in some sense, we’re hoping to put in not so much educating, but this is a new way of looking at the ideas and if this is a competition, our faculty will hone-in their skills.”

Lee-Glauser said faculty from both schools have already emailed her and Amberg to ask for experts in specific fields at the other school to help them in a research project. She said she has heard from one SUNY Upstate faculty member who is

working on a project about transcription control of gene expression in the retina from a biochemis-try and biophysics standpoint. The faculty mem-ber asked Lee-Glauser if anyone at SU could help him with certain sensor technology. Lee-Glauser sent him the names of two SU professors.

Earlier this summer, SU and SUNY Upstate made headlines over a controversy regarding SU’s consideration of creating a medical school. SUNY Upstate officials wrote to Chancellor Kent Syverud that the second medical school would harm Upstate and create competition for patients, according to an Aug. 6 Syracuse.com article.

Lee-Glauser said the meeting with Nappi happened before the controversy unfolded this summer. She added that they had to delay the announcement of the program until recently.

Overall, she thinks the program will be a positive one for both universities.

Said Lee-Glauser: “I really think this is only the tip of the iceberg and it really is the visionary leaders, somebody like Sam Nappi who is putting us together with the real resources and real pas-sion for the region to do better and stimulating the collaboration to take us to the next level.”

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binge drink every month, posing a risk for injury, sexual assault and even death, Gibralter said.

In addition to the prevention of binge drink-ing, the platform is aimed at combating regular long-term drinking among students, which Koob said “can affect cognitive behavioral func-

tioning even into adulthood. Gibralter added that the platform will also help students who suffer from disrupted study and lack of sleep due to other students’ alcohol habits, and pre-vent students from becoming victims of alco-hol-related incidents.

Gibralter said CollegeAIM is useful because it is clear and easy to understand and facilitates instructions for alcohol-based interventions.

He added that some of the best researchers on alcohol consumption prevention spent two years evaluating which intervention methods would be the most effective.

The interventions are targeted toward indi-vidual students, campus environments and stu-dent bodies as a whole, said Koob. The interven-tions are sorted into three tiers based on their effectiveness, and are also evaluated for cost,

potential barriers and other criteria, he added.Colleges and universities will be able to use a

combination of approaches to meet the needs of their campus and budget through the website, and learn how current strategies compare to older ones, Koob said.

The NIAAA will mail a guide to every college and university president in the U.S. next week.

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By Hanna Horvathstaff writer

The city of Syracuse has been named the ninth-most affordable city to live in the U.S. by the real estate website Trulia.

The website ranked the top 10 most afford-able cities across the country based on hous-ing, commuting and utilities costs. Trulia also took into account mortgage payments, property taxes and insurance rates in all of these places.

The rankings also assumed a 30-year-fixed interest rate loan at 4 percent interest, accord-ing to a Sept. 16 Syracuse.com article. In Syr-acuse, around one-third of the middle-class’ income is spent on these three initial criteria.

“It’s a combination of factors,” Patrick O’Connor, a real estate agent for Central New York Homes, said. “(In Syracuse) the housing market has been stable throughout the years, there hasn’t been a tremendous growth in the job market and the city itself is just starting to recover from the economic depression.”

One of the major reasons Syracuse enjoys such affordable housing is the region itself.

“It’s an area that’s not growing very fast, not attracting a lot of flow, not pushing demand very high,” John Yinger, a professor of public administration and economics at Syracuse University, said.

Syracuse also has a big housing stock rel-ative to its population, which keeps housing costs low. In addition, Syracuse’s roadways are relatively decongested, which in turn drives down commuting rates, Yinger said.

Though Syracuse has one of the lowest rates of monthly income spent on housing and com-muting — about 20 percent — it has one of the highest rates spent on utilities, at about 4 percent. This can be attributed the extreme cold weather, which drives up utility bills, according to a Sept. 16 CNN article.

Furthermore, property taxes have a huge impact on which areas have the most afford-

able housing. Different property taxes in cer-tain areas can completely skew the ranking process, O’Connor said.

“In the south, housing prices are more expensive but taxes are lower,” O’Connor said. “And vice versa for the north.”

Each housing market is completely local. Therefore, it would disadvantageous to not take into account taxation on properties, O’Connor said.

Akron, Ohio ranked first on Trulia’s list, and it’s not alone in the Midwest — a majority of the country’s most affordable cities are in either Ohio or Missouri. Syracuse is the only East Coast city to make the list.

“Most East Coast cities are places that have different flows and growth,” Yinger said, giving the example of New York City. “Most East Coast cities are bigger, and bigger cities have higher prices.”

Coastal cities tend to be much less afford-able than cities that fall in the middle of the country; California contains seven of the 10 least affordable cities on the list. Nonethe-less, Yinger said he was surprised that some of Syracuse’s upstate New York neighbors, such as Buffalo or Rochester, didn’t make the list.

“They aren’t too different from Syracuse, in terms of housing,” Yinger said.

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(In Syracuse) the housing market has been stable throughout the years, there hasn’t been a tremendous growth in the job market and the city itself is just starting to recover from the economic depression.

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L ike most days, Cayetano Valenzu-ela sits alone at his work station, his frame bent over a piece of

wood, perfecting a once dying craft. The smell of paint hangs in the air, as the art-ist carefully twists his hand and f licks his wrist, forming each curvature of the letter form.

“I just think I am so f*cking lucky that I can do this for my life,” said Valenzuela, owner of Black Rabbit Studio. “I come in and I love the smell of the paint, I love the feel of the brushes in my hand. It’s a beau-

tiful thing to do.”Valenzuela specializes in hand-letter-

ing, a traditional craft that merges the worlds of type and art. His work can be found all over Syracuse in the form of large hand-painted signs at local businesses such as Recess Coffee, Funk ‘n Waffles, Strong Hearts Cafe, Modern Pop Culture and Midnight Sun. After being laid off from his job at an after-school program due to defunding, Valenzuela created Black Rabbit Studio in 2013 to pay the bills full-time.

The studio is tucked away on the third floor of the massive Delavan Art Center in downtown Syracuse.

Hand-painted signs direct patrons “right this way” and warn people of the “uneven

floor boards” that lead to the studio. The room is dominated by Valenzuela’s

workstation, a large knee-high board that takes up almost half of the crude space. On this sunny September afternoon, Valenzu-ela is stroking his black and grey speckled beard, leaning back in his work chair and pointing around the shop.

“Once I started doing it, I noticed all around every city there were these old ghost signs, hand-painted signs on build-ings,” Valenzuela said. “There’s this dying art form that is fading right before our eyes, and people never really look up to see it, so I became really interested in that.”

He has been making art since he was a little kid, but he only started studying hand-lettering a few years ago.

When he first started working on the craft, he took classes and read as much literature as he could on the topic.

These books and miscellaneous papers are scattered around his workshop, stained and easily reachable.

He sought out “old-timers,” who offered pieces of advice on their craft, but many thought he was crazy – digitally printed vinyl signs put these artists out of business years ago, he said.

In the beginning, he said his process consisted of a lot of trial and error, getting strokes right and having the right viscosity of paint.

The more complex signs start with a pencil drawn sketch which he then scans

Sign of the times

1. CAYETANO VALENZUELA has owned Black Rabbit studio since 2013. He works to perfect the once-dying craft of hand-lettering. 2. His studio space is cluttered with paints, papers and half-finished projects that lie scattered around the workspace in a messy order.

Black Rabbit Studio creates hand-painted signs for local restaurants, storefronts

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and blows up to a bigger proportion. He then takes a spurred wheel and perfo-

rates the design, leaving an impression on the board.

He sands the back of it and uses talcum pow-der or chalk dust to pop the design through, which he finally paints over.

When Valenzuela lost his job at the after-school program, he was faced with a choice: find a 9-5 job or become a full-time artist.

“Well, I think when it first became full-time it kind of became an ‘oh sh*t moment,’” said Melis-sa DeStevens-Valenzuela, Cayetano’s wife. “He had worked for an after-school program which lost its grant. So it was like, what do we do?”

With a daughter and wife to take care of and bills to pay, Valenzuela got into more commer-

music

Drake not a feminist, just has less offensive lyrics than other rappers

Small signs are some of Valenzuela’s favorite projects because they allow creative freedom. He sketches the design out in chalk and then paints over it. logan reidsma photo editor

Drake has come a long way in his rap career. From his corny Canadian beats of the mid 2000s to the absolute

bangers he releases today, it is safe to say that he has grown not just as a musician and businessman, but as a person, especially when it comes to how he handles the treatment of women in hip-hop/rap.

He’s said he’s “started from the bottom,” but where is he now? Like many other rappers, and quite frankly the music industry in gen-eral, he’s continued a long-standing tradition of using crass and objectifying language in regards to women.

While Drake isn’t perfect, he’s still acknowledged why this is problematic. In a 2009 interview with Complex, he said:

“The whole tape extends from one of my closest friends Oliver. One night we were having a discussion about women and the way we were talking about them, it was so brazen and so disrespectful. He texted me right after we got off the phone and he was like, ‘Are we becoming the men that our mothers divorced?’…But sometimes you just get so far

gone, you get wrapped up in this sh*t.”Drake acknowledged, even back in 2009,

how he and his contemporaries discussed women was less than flattering. He didn’t necessarily say that he would stop, but he was aware of it, which is more than you can say for a lot of rappers.

As his career escalated, Drizzy started to adopt this sort of savior persona in his music, which can be taken as his way of empowering women to value themselves on their minds and not their bodies. On the flip side, it can be interpreted as Drake condescending women and telling them that, based on their behavior, he needs to rescue them to prevent them from continuing such behavior.

This can be seen in songs as recent as “Hotline Bling,” where Drake says, “Girl you got me down, you got me stressed out/Cause ever since I left the city, you/Started wearing

less and goin’ out more/Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor/Hangin’ with some girls I’ve never seen before.”

Here is implying that the way a woman in his life now dresses is distressing to him.

It’s lyrics like these that implicitly shame women for wearing clothes that some con-sider provocative. Though it is possible that Drake’s intentions are to encourage women to find hobbies other than clubbing, it really isn’t his place to tell a woman what her appropriate behavior ought to be. Women can be encouraged to empower themselves in ways that don’t shame their behaviors, and quite frankly, considering how much rappers brag about their exploits in the club, it is hypocritical to shame women for engag-ing in the same behavior.

Other lyrics of his, like “I’ve always liked my women book and street smart,” from the song “Fancy,” beat more to a feminist drum because they praise women for their skills and intellect. If Drake is attempting to make room for a male feminist voice in hip-hop, lyrics like these are the way to do it, though it really

doesn’t seem that this is his explicit intention considering his lack of lyrical consistency on that front.

Overall, it seems that Drake, while not a “woman hater,” is not a feminist. Like his contemporary J. Cole, who, in his song “No Role Modelz” acknowledges that he uses terms like “b*tches” to refer to women pretty often, Drake is aware of how he talks about women. But awareness is ineffective if he isn’t going to change his behavior. Even if Drake behaves differently around women in real life than he treats them in songs, rapping about “b*tches” all the time while trying to present himself as a more sensitive rapper does more harm than good. Let’s just hope that being around powerhouse women like Serena Williams will encourage Drake to reconsider his behavior within the scope of the music industry.

Isha Damle is a junior television, radio, film major. She rarely knows the actual lyrics to

songs, but is good at faking it until she makes it. Plus, her version is probably better. She can

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black rabbitcial work: selling T-shirt designs, making logos for bands and working long hours.

Now, he still creates shirt logos and dabbles on side projects, but is at the point where he can say no to jobs— a luxury he didn’t always have, he said.

Valenzuela is a one-man production crew, creating all of the artwork that Black Rabbit Studio sells, but DeStevens-Valenzuela helps in every way she can.

She acts as a soundboard for his ideas, points out hand-painted signs as they drive and handles the taxes for the small business.

“He is bringing art into businesses and

Well, I think when it first became full-time it kind of became an ‘oh sh*t’ moment.Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuelacayetano valenzuela’s wife

making the spaces beautiful, whereas they could have easily went and got vinyl lettering somewhere, but like Strong Hearts and Recess and all these great places have his work at the forefront of how their business looks,” DeSte-vens-Valenzuela said. “So art is becoming the everyday in that sense.”

Valenzuela is currently working on two signs for Recess Coffee’s upcoming downtown Syracuse location.

These black boards lean against the wall on the far side of the studio half-finished.

He said they are some of this favorite works so far.

The artist leaned forward in his chair and pushed his thick, black-framed glasses up high-er on his nose. He looked out the window, and let out a sigh.

“I have such great hopes for Syracuse; it’s not there yet,” Valenzuela said. “We need to put more into the public eye, what art can be and how it can impact daily life.”

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By Rebecca Plaut contributing writer

Master Thieves, a five-person rock/blues jam band based in Syracuse, prides itself on not having a lead

singer or any one person fronting the band.“Everyone sings and everyone writes

music,” said Chuck Dorgan, the only remaining original member of the group. “It’s not a lead singer, it’s just one band.”

The band performed Sunday on the WAER Main Stage at the Westcott Cultural Festi-val. The group’s dynamic was evident as they rocked to the beat simultaneously.

The performance wasn’t high energy, but was infused with an obvious love of the stage and the music they were playing.

During the festival, older couples would stop and dance for a bit, before continuing to walk around the fair.

Master Thieves has received two Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS) nominations, for each of their albums: “Robbing the Blind,” released in 2011, was nominated for best blues album and “Nature of Gravity,” released in 2012, was nominated for best rock album.

Dorgan is seen by other band members as the leader. He’s been playing guitar and singing in jam bands since the late 1980s.

Dorgan grew up in Rochester and has been playing piano and guitar since age 8.

In his college years, he played for many other bands prior to Master Thieves, including an instrumental jam band whose drummer was actually Brian von Knoblauch, a Syracuse University Information and Computing Tech-nology employee in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

In 2000, Dorgan moved to Syracuse to work for Carrier Corporation.

Once he was settled in the Salt City, he

played in multiple bands but created Master Thieves six years later.

“Chuck and I were in a band together for a short while back around 2006,” said von Kno-blauch. “It was a fun time and a good learning experience for both of us.”

The group currently consists of Eric Tozer (drums), Paul Opel (bass, vocals), Dave Sollazo (keys), Mikey Dufrense (saxophone, guitar) and Dorgan.

Master Thieves got their name from the Bob Dylan song “Positively 4th Street,” when the rock legend sings, “If I was a master thief perhaps I’d rob them.”

The band’s main influences are Grateful Dead, Phish, The Allman Brothers, Galactic, Jimi Hendrix and The Band.

Master Thieves plays original music from its two studio albums as well as extended ver-sions of covers from most genres.

They stray away from playing their very

early tracks because all of the original band members have moved on to other things besides Dorgan. The group tends to improvise when playing longer songs.

When the group is not performing, each band member is working his day job.

Because the band is so busy with their work, it tends to only perform two gigs a month.

Each of the musicians has very different jobs around the city from music educators to salesmen for elevator companies, and each member of Master Thieves brings a different talent to the group to allow the group to play a variety of genres.

“What I enjoy is whatever Chuck throws at me,” said former drummer John Goldsworthy, who plays for the band when needed. “Every-one’s musicianship comes together and we just get a feel for each other and it ends up being a good show.”

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MASTER THIEVES performs at the Wescott Cultural Festival on Sunday. The rock/blues jam band consists of five Syracuse-area residents who enjoy getting together and playing. The band’s main musical influences include the Grateful Dead, Phish, The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and Galactic. moriah ratner asst. photo editor


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FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEWVOLLEYBALL

then and now

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2015 STARTING LINEUP2014 (FINAL STARTING LINEUP)

Sometimes you make (a) decision not because you’re smart but because you have no choice.

Leonid Yelinsu head coach on switching Monika Salkute from middle blocker to outside hitter due to team injuries

2014-15: 9-2115TH IN ACC ATLANTIC

She’s my other Silvi...That’s what we’re missing, a person to go to. That’s a person to go to in critical moments.

Gosia Wlaszczuk su setter said of serratore’s ability to finish consistently

Everyone on the team had points when they played great and points when they didn’t play so well. Unfortunately, … when we were not playing well, the other players were also brought down by that.Lindsay McCabe former su middle blocker after su lost to boston college

To get mentally stronger, you have to win. To win, you have to get mentally stronger.Leonid Yelinsu head coach after su lost its sixth consecutive acc match to start the acc schedule

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Coach Leonid Yelin began his 4th season as SU’s head coach. The coach has com-plied a 46-57 record, a distant clip from his 366-112 record at Louisville. Yelin has frequently questioned the team’s ability to compete in the ACC, and his doubts were confirmed last season when Syracuse fin-ished with a 2-16 conference record. Yelin is hoping that the strong incoming class of freshmen will help the Orange improve on a dismal season.

spotlight big numbers

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prediction

The Orange should improve after an extremely injury-

plagued season a year ago. A healthy roster, including the return of outside hitter

Nicolette Serratore, will help improve SU’s offense, and the incoming class of freshmen should help with the team’s

defense and ball control. However, losing record-setting

middle blocker Lindsay McCabe will hurt the team’s big blocking strength from a year ago, and creates a

leadership void for the Orange.

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NICOLETTE SERRATORE

When fifth-year senior Nicolette Serratore suffered a broken foot before the 2014 season, more pressure fell on senior Uat-tara. Uattara’s 3.60 kills per set led the team, but SU needed more help on that front. Serratore’s kill numbers improved during her first three seasons with SU, reaching 366 and 3.08 per set in 2013.

GOSIA WLASZCZUK

As the starting setter and one of four seniors on the team, Gosia Wlaszczuk will be in a leadership role in 2015. Her num-bers in 2014 give Yelin reason to believe his offense is in good hands. Wlaszczuk averaged 7.33 assists per set last season to lead SU, and her ceiling should be higher this year.

LEAH LEVERT

Levert had a terrific season as a fresh-man last year, averaging 1.22 blocks per set, which ranked seventh in the ACC. However, with record-setting middle blocker Lindsay McCabe grad-uated, Levert has a big void to fill.

Syracuse finished last in the ACC with 10.95 kills per set

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Of the Orange’s roster isn’t returning in 2015, including for-

mer starters Lindsay McCabe and Melina Violas

Syracuse only won a pair of it’s 16 ACC games last season

standingsSyracuse finished last in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014.

North Carolina / 29-3 / 17-1

Miami / 22-9 / 14-4

Pitt / 25-6 / 13-5

Virginia / 17-14 / 10-8

Virginia Tech / 17-14 / 10-8

Louisville / 15-15 / 7-11

Clemson / 18-14 / 6-12

Wake Forest / 6-16 / 6-12

Georgia Tech / 13-18 / 6-12

Boston College / 11-18 / 6-12

NC State / 16-14 / 5-13

Notre Dame / 6-23 / 3-15

Syracuse / 9-21 / 2-16

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Players who departed/graduated:Lindsay McCabeMelina ViolasStacey SmithDana CrispiValeriya ShaipovaLucie Guttakovskaia

Florida State / 30-3 /16-2

Duke / 22-8 / 14-4

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The school was meant specifically for volleyball players. The students had class, but also practiced four and a half hours each day with one session in the morning and another at night.

Though Uattara originally resisted the sport, volleyball became her passion, boiled down to one simple phrase: “I just love to hit the ball.”

“When someone is setting me the ball, I have a feeling that the team really needs me, Uattara said. “… Whenever you get the point, you get this excitement and awesome feeling.”

Getting on the plane in Russia, Uattara thought to herself, “Oh my god, I’m actually flying to the United States right now. It’s going to take me nine hours and I will be in a completely different world.”

When she stepped off in Syracuse, her knees were shaking.

“Everything I was waiting for for so long is about to start right now,” Uattara said of the moment. “How should I do? What should I do?”

What she did was have an effect on the Orange right away. In her freshman season, Uattara led the Orange in kills and had more than 100 more than anyone else on the team. She’s led the team in kills every year since then, too, and this season has the most with 132 through 11 matches.

Volleyball coaches’ interest in Uattara spawned from her height, but since then she’s grown to just 6 feet tall. Her successes, instead, comes from her ability to jump and strength in her arms, which she says is mostly natural.

Power is part of her game and represented by a lion tattoo on her left thigh.

Uattara ranges usually on the left side of the net, swinging wide out of bounds and launching off her left foot at the far edge of the net for the kill.

She hammers spikes into opposing players — often sending balls flying off of opponents attempting to dig and into the Women’s Building’s makeshift locker rooms.

A kill is almost always followed by a full-arm, hooking-fist pump celebration and a yell as the sound of the ball hitting her oppo-nent still echoes through the arena.

Playing with emotion is an essential part of her game, though it has caused Yelin to sit her on the bench to calm down.

“I try to stay focused, but I cant play with-out emotions because those are what lead me,” Uattara said

She leads the team in pregame chants, yelling “S who?” to a response of “SU” from her team-mates in a circle around her. At the end of each match, Uattara breaks her teammates down, too.

And though Uattara wasn’t the team’s first choice four years ago, she is now.

“It’s my person to go to,” setter Gosia Wlaszczuk said. “… If we do it 24-24, you can go ahead and go to the left side because that’s where the ball will go.”

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When someone is setting me the ball, I have a feeling that the team really needs me.

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By Chris Libonatiasst. copy editor

Wide receiver Steve Ishmael, center Rob Trudo and tight end Josh Parris will all play against No. 8 Louisiana State (2-0, 2-0 South-eastern) on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome, head coach Scott Shafer announced on his Tuesday teleconference.

“All three of those guys are doing well and ready to go,” Shafer said. “We had kind of a walk-through practice on Sunday and they were all running around, feeling good.”

Trudo and Parris missed the last game against Central Michigan despite being game-time decisions and Ishmael was hurt during the game.

He had suffered an upper-body injury on

Saturday and SU Athletics announced the wideout would miss the rest of the game in the third quarter. Shafer later said it had some-thing to do with his neck.

Trudo, a senior, had played 40 straight ga mes before sit ting out the contest against the Chippewas with a lower-body injur y and is the team’s most experienced offensive lineman.

It appeared a Wake Forest defensive line-man had run into his right leg, knocking him out for the rest of that game.

Junior Jason Emerich filled in for Trudo. Junior Kendall Moore started in place of Parris, a junior. Parris’ injury was listed as an upper-body injury.

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By Chris Libonatiasst. copy editor

Ian McIntyre called Korab Syla over to the sideline, pointed at the ground and told him

“right here.” Later in the first half, the Syr-acuse head coach pulled midfielder Morgan Hackworth over and told him the same thing.

“I guess I was a couple yards more inside,” Syla said. “… So he was just telling me to get

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Korab Syla creates chances down right wing in Syracuse win

ROB TRUDO didn’t play last Saturday against Central Michigan, but head coach Scott Shafer says the fifth-year senior center is all set for LSU. logan reidsma photo editor

wider, closer to the touch line to make it harder for the other team so we can come closer to maybe getting open.”

The 3-5-2 formation SU runs is designed to attack the wings, and it helped SU dominate on the field, but not on the scoreboard for a majority of the game. The Orange playing wide was also a counter to Binghamton dropping its defense back and playing on its heels.

Syracuse was able to create chances down wings, especially on the right side of the field. The hosts racked up 17 shots, 10 on goal and eight corner kicks. Despite not scoring on any of the chances out wide, SU (4-2-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Coast) beat Binghamton (5-3), 3-1 at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night.

“We knew they were dropping deep,” mid-fielder Julian Buescher said. “So we tried to use the whole and the width and that worked pretty well, I guess. We played decent, way better than our last game.”

Syla played a key role in moving the ball down the right side, beating his defender and crossing the ball into the box. Though it never contributed to a goal, SU was able to put pres-sure on the Bearcats’ defense.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Syla worked the ball down the ride side. After kick-ing the ball into a defender and getting it back, he sent a low-flying ball through the middle of the field. Forward Ben Polk just nearly missed kicking the cross out of the air and into the net. Instead, it rolled to the other side of the field.

“Most of the time, because we have five guys in the midfield, and we’re on one side, they all have to shift, and then they left Korab open,” Buescher said. “And if we play well enough, we try to turn it over and bring it to him and he has all that space.”

Syla benefited the most from Binghamton trying to mark all of the Orange’s midfielders. He was open on the backside of the field more than wing Liam Callahan or Hackworth.

Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Buescher tapped the ball to his right, through his defender’s legs, and promptly blasted a pass to the right wing of the field to Syla, who was wide open. Though he couldn’t bring the ball down cleanly, SU played around with the ball, eventually forcing a corner.

With time ticked off the clock near the end of the game and the Orange already up 2-1, Syla ran free down the right side of the field. Buescher, with Bearcats defenders closing in, again snapped a pass to Syla. The midfielder cranked a shot well over the goal and into the black-netted backstop.

While SU missed on the chances it created, they were able to pressure Binghamton and control the game from end to end.

“When a team is setting up to restrict space, you’re trying to make the field as big as pos-sible,” McIntyre said. “… You want to play all 75 (feet of the field), so get the guys as wide as possible. And when we can stretch teams, we look dangerous.”

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Scott Shafer praises LSU running back Leonard FournetteBy Chris Libonatiasst. copy editor

Before the first half was over last week, No. 8 Louisiana State (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern) run-ning back Leonard Fournette had 169 yards, including a 71-yard run and a 40-yard run, a touchdown and was responsible for putting Auburn in a 24-0 hole.

Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) will get all of Fournette’s 6-foot-1, 230-pound frame

on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome.“In my 26 years, I think this kid is the most

talented tailback I’ve gone against,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “He’s special.”

Shafer had high praise for the running back, a Heisman Trophy hopeful. This season, he’s racked up 387 yards and six touchdowns — only four less than he had in all 13 games last season — on 47 carries in two games against Missis-sippi State and Auburn. Coming into college, Fournette was ranked by most recruiting sites

as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2014 and had 1,034 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman last season.

“You’ve got unbelievable vision and his physicality is ... I mean remember Earl Camp-bell?” Shafer said. “He’s a great player, we’ll have our hands full.”

Campbell, who led the NFL in rushing in his first three seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ran for 4,443 yards in his college career. Shafer also compared LSU as a team

to the 2013 Florida State team, which won a national championship with Jameis Winston at the helm and romped SU, 59-3.

Shafer marveled at LSU’s offensive line, too. He said the Tigers are big up front, but what impresses him the most is the offensive linemen aren’t “stiff.”

“He’s 6-1, 230, but he moves like he’s 5-9,” Shafer said of Fournette. “He moves like Brisly Estime and then with that power behind it.”

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KAMAL MILLER (20) scored Syracuse’s second goal to give the Orange the lead for good. SU never looked back against BU Tuesday night. riley bunch staff photographer

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Syracuse pulls away from Binghamton late in 3-1 home winBy Jon Mettusasst. web editor

Syracuse found itself inside Binghamton’s penalty area yet again. But nearly every time until that point the Bearcats had escaped unscathed — blocking shots, poking balls away or watching the Orange launch shots beyond the goal.

This time, defender Miles Robinson backed down his defender and put a shot through a sea of legs in front of the goal. Binghamton goalie Robert Moewes made a diving save, then another thud sounded and the ball bulged in the back of the net.

Kamal Miller sprinted out of the scrum of players in the box with a smile stretching across his face.

Thirteen minutes later it happened again.Binghamton was playing even with SU on

the scoreboard, but not on the field. Syr-acuse was taking all the time and space it wanted with the ball, but until 20 minutes left in the match, the score was knotted at one goal apiece.

Finally, the Orange (4-2-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Coast) converted on two late chances to beat Binghamton (5-3), 3-1, at SU Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 811.

Syracuse picked up its first win in three games and hasn’t lost to Binghamton since 2011.

“I think they gave us a lot of respect and they came up with a game plan,” head coach Ian McIntyre said. “When the score was 1-0, them, you’re probably saying its working … when we got balls in advanced areas, we looked very dangerous.”

After a sloppy first few minutes, the game settled into a routine. Syracuse would attack with give-and-gos through the middle and by stretching the ball out wide. Binghamton’s defense did its best to just knock the ball out of bounds or send it back to SU’s defenders for the cycle to start again.

The Bearcats weren’t attempting to attack.But when midfielder Juuso Pasanen lost

the ball while trying to settle it in the mid-field, Binghamton took advantage. Bearcats forward Logan Robert raced along the left sideline before crossing a chest-high pass that forward Pascal Trappe headed past SU goalie Austin Aviza.

Binghamton had one quality chance and made the Orange pay.

“That happens in soccer,” midfielder Julian Buescher said. “We were not frustrat-ed at all. Keep playing. At some point the goal comes.”

Syracuse’s first goal eventually came with 14 minutes left in the half after Buescher drew a free kick to the left of the box.

His service into the penalty area con-nected with Robinson’s head and def lected into the goal. Miller grabbed the ball off the ground, jogged out to midfield and spiked it into the ground inside the center circle for the restart.

The second half only accentuated SU’s on-field advantage over Binghamton. The Orange took 13 shots to the Bearcats’ two. SU earned eight corner kicks, while Binghamton had none.

When Buescher lined up for a free kick from about 30 yards away, Binghamton head coach Paul Marco yelled to the defensive wall forming in front of Buescher, “you’re giving him too much.”

His shot hooked just over the cross bar, but on the next free kick, the warning rang true.

Miller scored his first career goal on the header. Forward Noah Rhynhart was the beneficiary of SU’s third goal with seven minutes left.

The Bearcats had finally given Syracuse too much — too much possession, too much space and too many chances to alter the score-board to more accurately reflect the game.

“We needed to show the character and resil-ience at times,” McIntyre said. “… We don’t normally win these games by two.”

Syracuse next hosts Pittsburgh (4-2-1) Friday at 7 p.m. at SU Soccer Stadium. The Panthers are coming off a double-overtime win against Robbert Morris.

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I think they gave us a lot of respect and they came up with a game plan. When the score was 1-0, them, you’re probably saying its working … when we got balls in advanced areas we looked very dangerous.

Ian McIntyre su head coach

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SSPORTS dailyorange.com @dailyorange september 23, 2015 • PAGE 16

FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEWVOLLEYBALL

Outside hitter Silvi Uattara blossoms into Orange’s best player during senior season

LICENSETO KILL

photo by allie wahl staff photographer

By Jon Mettusasst. web editor

ilvi Uattara was not the player that Leonid Yelin and the rest of the Syracuse coaching staff were looking for.

A heavy recruiter out of Russia, and Moscow in particular, Yelin had his sights set on different girls in the same position, who ultimately passed up American colleges to play professionally.

That left Uattara, a relatively inexperi-enced player who had only taken up the sport a few years prior.

“Her skill always was not bad,” Yelin said.Four years later, Uattara’s skills have led her

to 1,307 career kills so far — seventh best all-time for SU. She came into this season ranked second in Orange history with a career average of 3.62 kills per set. And though she wasn’t the player Syracuse originally wanted, she’s been one of the best it’s ever had.

Uattara took two chances on volleyball — moving to Moscow when she was 14 to seri-ously pursue the sport and coming to Syracuse when she was 18 — and they both have paid off.

“You just want to connect your life with volleyball,” Uattara said. “It’s a different thing and I didn’t really have … this option or this option. When I had the opportunity to come here, I was really happy about it.”

Uattara didn’t originally want to play vol-leyball, but her 5-foot-8 frame as a 13-year-old was enticing to any volleyball coaches she saw in passing.

Standing outside of English her class one day, a local coach asked the teenage Uattara to start playing. She said no. She didn’t even know the rules.

About a week later, she was approached again when another coach saw her shopping for a winter jacket with her mother.

“I thought that maybe it meant something,” Uattara said.

Thirteen was late to start playing compared to most girls in Russia who started at the age of 7 or 8, Uattara said. But after just a year of playing, she and her family moved six hours away from her hometown of Voronezh, Russia to Moscow so she could attend Sports School 65, Yelin said.

By Sam Blumsports editor

Syracuse offensive coordinator Tim Lester said Zack Mahoney took the most reps at practice on Tuesday and was the most consistent.

“Right now Zack’s the guy that’s shown the most and he’s most con-

sistent with the things we’re doing,” Lester said. “We feel confident that he can execute all facets of our offense.”

Mahoney and Austin Wilson split time at quarterback after starter Eric Dungey was injured midway through the second quarter of Syracuse’s (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) 30-27 overtime win over Central Michigan. Wilson was

4-of-7 for 49 yards, while Mahoney completed all four of his passes and led the game-winning overtime drive. SU head coach Scott Shafer said that Dun-gey is doubtful for Saturday.

The last game Mahoney started was for the College of DuPage, a junior col-lege. He came to Syracuse as a walk-on and was the fifth-string quarterback as

recently as three weeks ago. Now he’s likely starting against No. 8 LSU (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern) on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome.

“No, no time for nerves,” Mahoney said. “You’ve just got to prepare with all the preparation, there’s no time for nerves.”

Mahoney said that on a good JUCO

team, there might be a couple of guys that are good enough to play for a SEC team. Now he’ll have to face all 11. He said it makes the game faster.

“You’ve got to prepare yourself every week that you can go in when-ever,” Mahoney said. “I like to think I’ve prepared myself.”

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