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Faculty members have to worry about participation and attendance, too.

In recent years, members of the University Senate’s Agenda Commit-tee have noticed poor meeting atten-

dance and an increasing number of committees not meeting or making annual reports.

“There are committees who, at best, can be graciously described as being moribund,” said Bruce Carter, senate moderator and chair of the Agenda Committee.

Carter invited senators to discuss participation during their monthly meeting on Wednesday in Maxwell Auditorium at 4 p.m. Chancellor Nancy Cantor attended.

Although there are 200 sena-tors, Maxwell Auditorium was less than half-full Wednesday. Senators said some faculty members cannot attend because they are scheduled to teach classes at the same time. Other senators spoke up to say they changed their schedules to make the senate meetings.

What is worrisome, Carter said, is that there are also a number of senators who say they do not want to serve on a committee. The number of non-senators chairing committees is also increasing, Carter said.

Samuel Gorovitz, senator and pro-fessor of philosophy, suggested the lack in participation could be due to complicated technology. Gorovitz said he has received electronic ballots for the College of Arts and Sciences that do not always work.

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WHAT IS USEN?University Senate is an academic governing body with powers such as proposing policy on grading, student life and athletics, among many others. It also approves new curricula and recommends faculty for promotion. USen meets once a month on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

nate shron | staff photographerJIM BOEHEIM speaks to reporters on Wednesday at a press conference in San Jose, Calif., a day before SU’s NCAA Tournament opener against Montana. The head coach maintained that reports the Orange’s basketball program is under investigation are not a distraction.

Yahoo! Sports released an investigation that said 10 players since 2001 had tested positive for a banned recreational substance or substances, but were allowed to continue playing for the team.

Days before the start of the NCAA Tournament, center Fab Melo was declared ineligible for the entire tournament for an academic-related issue.

Forward James Southerland was declared ineligible. It was later reported the rea-son for his ineligibility was also an academic issue.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — For the second time in two years, Syracuse entered the NCAA Tournament in the mid-dle of a story in which basketball was not the focus. Its on-the-court

achievements and current prepara-tion once again took a backseat to reports of NCAA activity that cast a bit of a cloud over a team playing arguably the best it has all season.

“Same story they had last year at this time,” head coach Jim Boeheim

said. “I guess that’s annual. I guess next year we’ll get it again.”

CBS Sports reported Wednesday that the Syracuse basketball team has been under investigation for a period of years, and that the school

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Syracuse University’s basketball program is under investigation by the NCAA, CBSSports.com report-ed Wednesday.

The university received a letter of preliminary inquiry, which notifies the school it is under investigation, according to the report.

The NCAA has been looking into the program for several years, CBS Sports reported. The report said the violations are “major” and “wide-ranging.” The investigation involves football, but mostly concerns the basketball pro-gram, according to the report.

When approached in San Jose, Calif., at the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday, Athletic Director Daryl Gross declined to comment. A

spokesman in the Syracuse Athletic Department referred comment to Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs.

“As we said last year at this time, we are collaborating with the NCAA as part of an ongoing inquiry,” Quinn said in an email. “Given this process is ongoing, we are unable to comment further at this time.”

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By Sam BlumSTAFF WRITER

A new Marshall Square Mall busi-ness, Campus Chiropractics, is catering to the aching backs of the Syracuse University community.

Don Janowski, a native of Syra-cuse and an SU alumnus, owns the practice, located on the first floor Marshall Square Mall, and runs it almost completely by himself. He worked for several years in Arizona before deciding to come back home to open up his business in Syracuse.

“I picked up some ideas about a different kind of practice, a different kind of business model,” Janowski said. “So I decided to come back to my roots here in New York.”

The way Janowski runs his business is different from a typical chiropractor’s office. All medical visits are walk-in only,

and Janowski doesn’t accept any health insurance. Instead, he charges a f lat rate of $20 per appointment.

He said this business model was well received back in Arizona.

“I’ve worked with insurance com-panies the past 14 years, and it’s one of those things where the health care model is changing,” Janowski said.

Specifically, health care costs are rising, he said. This includes premiums, the costs paid out-of-pocket for a policy; deductibles, the amount of money paid before an insurance company pays; and co-pays, the amount of money paid when a customer goes to a doctor’s office.

Since opening three weeks ago, Janowski said he has seen suc-cess. He noted that one of the busi-ness’ most appealing factors is its

By Kelvin ReadSTAFF WRITER

A semester-long stay at the Shera-ton University Hotel and Conference Center awaits 66 Syracuse University students for the fall 2013 semester.

After not housing SU students this school year, the university-owned hotel will reopen its doors to accept 66 students. The university last housed students in the Sheraton during the 2011-2012 school year.

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U.S. News and World Report ranked Syracuse University’s School of Infor-mation Studies’ graduate information systems program No. 1 for the second year in a row.

The iSchool is ranked highest out of the 11 schools on the 2014 “Best Gradu-ate Schools” list. Other schools on the list include the University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh and Univer-sity of North Carolina, among others.

The rankings are based on evalu-ations by deans, program directors and senior faculty members at other universities, said Elizabeth Liddy, dean of the iSchool.

The iSchool also ranked third in Digital Librarianship, third in School Library Media and fourth in Library and Information Studies, all of which are graduate programs, according to U.S. News and World Report’s website.

“Because the rankings are pro-vided by professionals within other universities, it shows that our peers

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“You don’t want to get to 50 or 60 and have problems. This is why it’s good to educate people and get them to understand how their back functions, so they don’t get to those chronic problems later on.”

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By Meredith NewmanASST. NEWS EDITOR

When Michael Speaks first became dean of the University of Kentucky’s College of Design, he got in his car and drove through the then-unfamil-iar state of Kentucky.

It took him weeks, but the trip allowed him to talk to people and make connections.

He was able to better understand the problems the state faced, and how architecture could help solve these issues.

Syracuse University named Speaks as the new dean of the School of Archi-tecture on Tuesday. He will start in the position July 1. SU officials said Speaks will add to the school’s growth because of his ability to easily make connec-tions and create new opportunities for the university and city of Syracuse.

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G oogle Reader is set to shut down its service July 1, citing a decline in usage. The move has disappointed

thousands of users who use the platform to subscribe to RSS feeds.

The company announced in an official blog post last week that it would discontinue Reader so Google can pour all of its energy into fewer products. Many users are confused by the move, and are struggling to find an alternative to the RSS platform that serves up news and subscripted blog rolls, all in one place.

So why would Google – an information aggre-gator – get rid of a product that is an extension of its fundamental purpose and has a seemingly devout following?

Google Reader may have had a few die-hard fans who found the service to be an effective tool for compiling news without the added opinion of other RSS-based platforms like Twitter. But as the company focuses on more futuristic and boundary-breaking products like Google Glass and the self-driving car, RSS seems a bit archaic.

Most people are now using social media to get their information, and it makes sense that Google would prepare for a generation of mainstream Internet users who have no idea what RSS even stands for (Really Simple Syndication). Therefore, discontinuing Reader may also have been a push to get more people to share their information on the Google+ network.

Google was able to successfully dominate the competition in this area because it offered the service for free. Newsblur, an alternative to RSS service, allows users to subscribe to up to 64 websites for free before asking for a $2-a-month subscription.

But without their largest source of competi-tion, smaller sites are benefiting from the influx of migrant users. According to Mash-able, the news aggregator Feedly, which is the most popular alternative to Reader, has gained more than 500,000 new users, has added servers and upped its bandwidth by 10 times to cope with incoming activity.

As news has spread of Reader’s demise, a peti-tion on Change.org has started urging Google not to “destroy” users’ trust in the company’s other products. The petition, which has reached more than 100,000 signatures in a week, states “This is about us using your product because we love it, because it makes our lives better and because we trust you not to nuke it.”

I understand some people feel betrayed by Google, but this number is chump change to a company that supports millions of users every day. If anything, it just highlights, once again, how little control we really have over such powerful corporations’ use of our data and the

services they provide. The reaction to Reader closing isn’t surpris-

ing, as there’s almost always a flare-up online in response to changes like this. But it does make you wonder how many users would have to speak up to have any say at all in the com-pany’s decisions.

Google’s Project Glass, for example, hasn’t even been released yet, and is already facing opposition from communities like StoptheCy-borgs.org, which warns against the Orwellian future these augmented reality glasses could usher in. Whether we like it, we are at the mercy of Google’s decisions.

The vocal minority may have overblown the end of Reader, but it’s important to remind the company of its informal motto, “Don’t Be Evil,” as we continue to trust these tech giants with the future of our data and lives.

Kat Smith is a senior creative advertising major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at kesmit11@syr.edu, on Twitter at @

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L ast year, HBO’s “Girls” instantly became a lightening rod for scrutiny and conversation. In creating abundant

controversy while earning critical acclaim, it’s hard to believe the show is less than a year old.

You can celebrate the show’s first birthday in a few weeks on April 15. But despite its loom-

ing one-year anniversary, “Girls” finished its second season this Sunday with the relation-ship-heavy finale episode, “Together.” Lots of spoilers to come, reader.

This past season was the HBO comedy’s creator-actress-writer-sometimes director-producer Lena Dunham’s answer to all of

the criticism of the past year. She seemed determined to make viewers question charac-ter traits and plot lines developed during the previous season.

Dunham forced a show focused on 20-some-thing’s arrested development to grow. And somehow, she managed to do it without making any of the characters turn into the “old fogies” that type-A personality Marnie believes she is.

Last season, “Girls” was slammed for the complete lack of diversity in its cast. Not a single minority character showed up. This time around, we got to see Dunham’s main character Hannah literally on top of the former problem.

Hannah began a new relationship with a black Republican named Sandy, played by “Community” actor Donald Glover.

But because this is an HBO comedy and not a fairytale, things soured quickly. By the second episode, the lovebirds’ romance ended due to their political beliefs, and Hannah gets to hear the criticism that’s often hurled at “Girls” by the public from Sandy. He calls her out on the possibility that her alternative-seeming choices aren’t really that alternative.

Instead of having an adult conversation, Han-nah answers with a Missy Elliot quote. Despite her childish answer, though, the young writer finally had someone challenge her own ideas — something that rarely happened in season one.

Marnie ended last season in an unsympa-thetic light. She was the friend you always hoped would lighten up, but never believed she

would. Luckily, she surprised us. Her rapid fall from respectable gallery girl to

gentleman’s club hostess helped her character evolve. She dated the wrong guy, got her heart broken and wore a plastic dress. All of which made good television and a better Marnie.

She could finally appreciate what was right in front of her — Charlie. The college couple could rekindle their on-again, off-again romance once Charlie had finally grown a backbone.

And everyone’s favorite “least virgin-y virgin ever,” Shoshanna, had her first live-in boyfriend and cheated on him. She became the nervous adulteress while her boyfriend Ray changed from intellectual jerk to lovable early-30s loser.

Hannah’s ex-boyfriend Adam surprised viewers more than any other character. His creepy vibe became too much for Hannah, who began to sense dark, “murder-y” qualities. Though sometimes this carpenter seemed like the show’s weird Prince Charming, other times he became as unsettling as suspected.

Adam’s controversial and unwanted sexual activity with new girlfriend Natalia in the sea-son’s penultimate episode made many — includ-ing myself — wonder if he sexually assaulted her. But the relationship continued into the next episode.

Adam is impossible to pin down, making him interesting to watch, even if it’s sometimes excruciatingly painful.

This season, “Girls” has taken us on a roller coaster of emotions. We’ve watched pompous characters fall and Hannah’s entire belief system questioned while falling in love with unexpected characters.

We can’t even attempt to guess what’s around the bend. And that’s the best part.

Ariana Romero is a junior magazine journalism and political science major. Her column appears

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W e’ve all Googled our names. It is alluring to find out what an online

search of ourselves generates. Within a search of my own name, images of other Anna Hodges appear, in addition to an article I wrote and my Twitter account.

Amid all of the websites, domains, images and posts, it is our online iden-tity that appears. Our many accounts, despite having different titles, are all congregated under one name.

In today’s highly connected world, we are told to form an online identity in order to thrive socially and profes-sionally. Nowadays, it seems an online self is just as important as our physi-cal, mental and emotional selves.

And yet, this online identity can be, in some cases, a huge threat to our real lives.

Until recently, I never really considered the number of online

identities I hold. My Facebook, Twit-ter, email, Tumblr and WordPress accounts, as well as my LinkedIn profile, are all “Logged In as Anna Hodge” and reflect the different facets of my life.

These accounts are where I seek social interaction, a space to express personal thoughts and feelings, and a professional page to highlight my resume.

My cyber footprint is large, vast and dominated by my name: two words, nine letters.

Of course, our names can reveal so much about who we are without a Google search bar. Our name is tell-ing of our heritage and ancestry. Last names hold stories of triumph and tragedy, love and desire.

They ultimately intertwine our lives with the others who came before us.

But the romance of our names can easily lapse into something

more sinister. First and last names, which are

attached to so many online accounts, are suddenly potential threats to our future job pursuits and relationships.

Our social and professional lives mix online – potentially risqué Facebook pages appear alongside LinkedIn profiles.

We are told to be careful about what we post because it may come back to bite us. Our online image could overrule and damage all of the real-life, admirable qualities that could land us a job.

Many employers no longer simply look at our name on a resume and job application. They now search that name to find the character behind it.

I often write a tweet but never send it out to the Web, purely because of the backlash I may receive. I ask myself, “Could this be detrimental to my future, these 140 characters?”

Dramatic? Maybe. But the threat of becoming a potential victim to my own name is too scary to risk.

The forever-famous line from William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “What’s in a name?” held so much truth for the lovers, who were doomed from the start because of their warring families. Centuries later, the line is also relevant to our generation.

We struggle to separate our online selves from our real identities, creat-ing a constant struggle over how we present our names online.

Do we appeal to our social selves

or work to construct a more profes-sional online image? Can we combine the two urges and still be true to our values and dreams?

Of course our online identities are important — to refute this would be turning a blind eye to the digital revolution.

However, we need to be sure these accounts are not all that shape us. We are more than just a profile picture. Regardless of how many accounts we create, our name still links us to our values, aspirations, past, present and future.

With our online selves comes a great responsibility to maintain a positive image, so the story we tell about ourselves is one we want to tell.

Anna Hodge is a freshman magazine journalism major. Her

column appears weekly. She can be reached at ahodge@syr.edu and fol-lowed on Twitter at @annabhodge.

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An internship is required to com-plete a degree for many majors at Syracuse University. For some, that means paying for credit in order to complete an internship in the summer. In recent years, the cost per credit has exceeded $1,000.

The administration should act in the near future to lower the cost of the credits internship coordina-tors often deem necessary for student employment.

Steven Diaz, a member of the University Senate Committee on Instruction, presented a proposi-tion at the organization’s meeting Wednesday that suggested reducing the tuition rate for internship credits earned during the summer to 10 per-cent of the current overall cost.

The committee originally pitched the idea to the administration in fall 2011. It has reintroduced the proposal now in hopes of seeing the reduced rates enforced for this summer.

Many students fulfill their intern-ship requirements during the sum-

mer months for SU credit. Employers of unpaid internships often require their student employees to earn uni-versity credit as a form of compensa-tion for their work in accordance with labor laws.

This means students are forced to pay additional tuition costs separate from the annual fee for attending SU and essentially pay for unpaid labor. Many internships also have addi-tional costs beyond credits, includ-ing travel and housing, but students cannot generate income to balance these unavoidable expenses.

The administration should begin enforcing the USen committee’s plan for summer 2013. The cost of college is not only an investment, but also a burden for many. Requiring stu-dents to pay additional fees at such a high rate is a struggle for many students who need an internship to

complete their degrees. The proposed tuition rate for

these credits is reasonable and much more manageable. Though

some compensation should be paid to the university for credits, the current rate is unfair to students who may not be using any university resources to complete their intern-ship and not gaining knowledge or a learning experience directly from SU during the summer.

The university should be a source of encouragement and inspiration for students who need or desire to gain internship experience. The additional high summer credit cost deters students from pursuing quality internships that require credit compensation, and may push students to pay another institution, like a community college, for the required credits.

Reducing this cost is in order at SU, and the Committee on Instruction’s proposal is an agreeable solution.

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convenience, because Marshall Square Mall is also a place where members of the Syracuse community go to shop, eat, work out and even attend class.

“There have been lots of people walking in and getting care,” Janowski said. “Lots of people walking in and asking a lot of questions, which is good, finding out what we’re doing, what is the deal. It’s all new to some people. We had a really good response from people that have never had care.”

Campus Chiropractics is the only place near SU for students to see a chiropractor, as the health center does not offer that service, said Director of Health Services Benjamin Domingo in an email.

Even with the convenience, Domingo said he is unsure whether the SU health center

would refer students to Campus Chiroprac-tics, since they tend to refer students to providers that fit the individual’s specific insurance plans.

Although back issues tend to be associated with the elderly, Janowski emphasized the value chiropractic care can have on younger people, and the dangers of waiting until old age to take care of one’s back.

“You don’t want to get to 50 or 60 and have problems,” he said. “This is why it’s good to educate people and get them to understand how their back functions, so they don’t get to those chronic problems later on.”

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same floor and will function like a residence hall community with two resident advisers and a residential security agent station on the floor. The 32 rooms can be selected by either gender, meaning there might not be an even spilt in the number of boys and girls who live in the hotel, according to the university’s housing website.

The students will be housed on the fourth floor of the Sheraton due to the positive experi-ence students have had at the hotel in the past and the need for additional housing, Kelly Rodoski, communications manager in the Office of News Services, said in an email.

“The hotel option has been very popular in

the past,” she said.Sheraton general manager David Heymann

and Rodoski both said the hotel was re-accept-ing students due to an overflow in population.

“The hotel really opened its doors out of neces-sity for extra housing space,” Heymann said.

In utilizing this opportunity, the housing office is also able to help preserve the student lounges in each residence hall so that in the future, fewer have to be converted into living spaces, Rodoski said. There were no problems with adding the Sheraton housing option to the lottery, but students should be aware of the selection time, she said.

All rooms will be large open doubles, which will cost $4,200 a semester, according to the 2013-2014 housing lottery overview. The rooms will come furnished with baths and contain a

full bed, desk, dresser and wardrobe for each resident. SU meal plans will not include hotel food, but residents of the hotel will have access to a fitness center, pool and laundry facilities, according to the website.

The Sheraton works to uphold its image as an alternative luxury living arrangement, Heymann said.

“The rooms this particular year were added more as a luxury-type living experience, as an alternative to regular dorms,” he said.

The students won’t affect the daily operation of the hotel, Heymann said, but will limit the capacity of the hotel.

“Taking on students again makes the hotel func-tion differently since you are operating with 38 less rooms in your inventory,” he said. “The students will be out by commencement, but we’ll be forced to

accommodate less visitors on other busy dates such as Family Weekend and homecoming.”

Jordan Riddick, an undeclared freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Com-munications, said the amenities of living in a hotel would make up for the lack of a residence hall atmosphere.

“Having your own bathroom would be a nice change from dorm life,” Riddick said. “By soph-omore year, I feel like you’ve already found your friends, so if I were to room there, I wouldn’t really care about it not being a dorm.”

For those not interested in living in the hotel, the next round of the housing lottery will take place at midnight on March 25 with the selec-tion of three-person housing options, according to the university’s website.

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S tudents and faculty members at Harvard University are now using their school email addresses more carefully after school admin-

istration secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans.

Administrators searched the accounts in an attempt to find the source of a media leak related to the high-profile cheating scandal at Harvard last fall, according to a March 9 article by The Boston Globe. Nearly 70 students were expelled as a result of the scandal.

Confidential emails had been forwarded to people outside of the group of administrative board members and deans since the end of last summer, according to a statement released by deans Michael Smith and Evelynn Hammonds that details the situation and reasoning behind the decision to search the email accounts.

In one instance, leaked documents included a word-for-word copy of the board meeting minutes contain-ing confidential student information. No one came forward to admit they had forwarded the information.

In a later instance, someone leaked information to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.

At this point, the administration asked the senior resident dean to speak with each resident dean indi-vidually, according to the statement. No one con-fessed or offered any new leads.

When the administration decided to search emails, it only evaluated subject lines and did not read the content of emails. This strategy was intended to identify who was forwarding emails to an outside source, according to the statement.

The resident deans did not know their emails were being searched for almost six months, according to The Boston Globe article.

Although the administrative board intervened in order to protect the confidentiality of the stu-dents, students now feel uncertain about their Harvard accounts.

“I think overt communication is extremely impor-tant and it feels like this secret email search was perhaps elevating the severity of the situation from a breach of academic integrity to an intricate con-spiracy,” said Harvard sophomore Charlie Anastasi, in an email.

The Faculty of Arts and Science policy protects the privacy of faculty members, but does not specify the extent of the privacy, according to The Boston Globe.

One specific aspect of the policy revolves around preventing hackers and permits administrators to access email “to prevent harm to the university.” This may be done “at any time by management or by other authorized personnel for any business purpose,” according to The Boston Globe.

The policy also permits the emails to be accessed regarding any “extraordinary circumstances such as legal proceedings and internal Harvard investiga-tions,” according to The Boston Globe.

“I think the whole situation just has a Big Brother feel to it which elicits a generally negative response in an academic setting in which you want to be fostering open communication amongst students, faculty and administration,” Anastasi said.

For now, students and faculty members appear to see the situation as a cautionary tale. Students have become more aware of what they send from their Harvard.edu emails, Anastasi said.

Said Anastasi: “A precedent has been set for the accounts being searched, and more than anything, this unfortunate situation has been a reminder that you really have to be conscious of the things you choose to send over email.”

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“He’s a good fit because he brings experienc-es and opportunities that are new and exciting to the university,” said Ted Brown, vice chair of the dean search committee.

He added that Speaks’ other strengths include

his ability to fundraise, alumni relations and past experience as dean of a design school.

Speaks said he was interested in SU’s School of Architecture because of its curric-ulum. In recent years, he said, many schools have switched from five-year programs to

four-year programs. SU has remained a five-year program, with which Speaks said he agrees.

He added that he liked that the curriculum focuses on urban planning and urban design and development, in addition to its emphasis on studying economic development.

“I knew of the work of Mark Robbins and the university’s larger agenda,” Speaks said of the former dean of the School of Architec-ture. “That’s what really attracted me to the school.”

When he visited downtown Syracuse, Speaks said he felt a deep connection with the city and the university’s involvement with its development.

Brown said Speaks’ emphasis on the devel-opment of Lexington, Ky., during his time at Kentucky made him stand out among the five well-qualified candidates.

Speaks became dean of Kentucky’s College of Design in 2008, when the economy was weak. Despite the college’s scarce resources and fund-ing, Speaks was “remarkably innovative and successful,” Brown said.

During Speaks’ time as dean, Kentucky pro-fessors and students participated in projects that benefited the city of Lexington and neigh-boring communities.

Such projects included students and fac-ulty creating new ways for the struggling houseboat industry in southern Kentucky to reinvent itself, as well as bringing in accom-plished architects to consult on projects in Lexington, Ky., for new designs on worn and abandoned factory buildings, according to a March 19 Kentucky.com article.

“It’s a complex time for higher education, with the emergence of digital education and globalization,” Brown said. “He is able to recognize yet be productive regarding the fis-cal challenges and environmental challenges that exist.”

As the new dean, Speaks said he hopes to work with the other colleges, specifically the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science. He said he wants to work with other SU colleges on different projects and help architecture students become more well-rounded.

Because of the connections he has made during his career, Speaks has a broad sense of global relations, which will benefit the univer-sity, Brown said.

“These relationships are important for the school, but are more important for the students,” he said. “It’s very much a global world out there, and his resourcefulness in emerging technology will better the stu-dents’ education.”

Speaks said he is excited to come to SU and work with School of Architecture faculty and students to enhance the opportunities that already exist. He added that he hopes to continue the collaboration between the city of Syracuse and the university.

“My belief that the purpose of a school of architecture or design is not simply to build beautiful buildings,” Speaks said. “It’s for improving urban planning and developments in the communities we live in.”

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has received a letter of preliminary inquiry from the NCAA. The article comes one year after Fab Melo was pronounced ineligible two days before the Orange took the floor against UNC-Asheville in Pittsburgh in the NCAA Tournament.

Boeheim fielded a handful of questions on the matter in his press conference Wednes-day afternoon inside HP Pavilion, offering little more than several variations of “no comment.” Daryl Gross, Syracuse’s athletic director, would not comment on the record. He referred all questions to the answers

Boeheim provided minutes earlier. “There’s no distractions for me,” Boeheim

said. “And these players, there’s absolutely no distractions for them. They’re here to play Montana and that’s it.”

Syracuse takes the floor against the Grizzlies on Thursday at 9:57 p.m.

Boeheim explained the biggest difference from this year to last year is that the 2011-12 team was forced to deal with the absence of one of its most important players. Melo, a 7-foot center who was the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, had emerged as a threat on both ends of the floor for a team that lacked quality depth at the center position.

This year’s story is “just talk,” as Boeheim described it.

“Last year was completely different,” he said. “That was not a distraction, it was an absence. And they handled it as well as they could.”

Gross grew frustrated when asked about the CBS Sports report. He said Boeheim’s comments provided everything that needed to be said, and walked away when asked to confirm the school had received a letter of inquiry from the NCAA.

Brandon Triche, a senior guard, said he had not heard about the report, meaning it wasn’t any sort of a distraction. He said he and his teammates were not a part of it, so it won’t take away from their focus.

Boeheim, though, is a part of it. And though the moderator attempted to quell reporters from probing the matter, Boeheim

seemed to welcome the questions if only for an opportunity to deflect them.

“I don’t mind,” he said. “You can ask a hun-dred of them.”

But even when all of the questions were asked, no new information was offered. Syra-cuse still has a game to play, and that, Boeheim said, is most important.

“Doesn’t bother me,” Boeheim said. “Not at all. We’re concerned about playing Montana.”

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Although some students call the Information Technology and Services department to get their computers fixed, some would rather do it themselves.

To help these students, ITS unveiled a pro-gram earlier this month called U-FixIT, which gives students the opportunity to work on and repair their own computing devices, said Chris Finkle, communications manager for ITS.

“We had a number of students wanting to work on their own computers,” he said. “After we realized the significant demand, we took the proper admin-istrative steps to establish a formal program.”

The purpose of U-FixIT is to provide a work-space and appropriate tools to assist students in the repairs, said Jon Wright, service analyst for the Academic Application and Service Center of ITS. Students can bring in devices that are physically damaged or no longer covered by warranty, he said.

U-FixIT focuses on hardware only, Wright

said. The most common repairs are LCD screens, hard drive replacement, keyboard replacement and digitizers, he said.

“A stand-up counter equipped with proper lighting and sufficient space is provided for

disassembly,” Wright said. “A computer with Internet access is provided to allow students

to watch DIY videos and read any necessary instruction electronically.”

Wright also said magnetic dishes are conve-niently placed so that small parts can be stored safely during the process.

Students who are interested in the idea of fixing their own computers but have little experience are not turned away, said Apurva Limaye, a graduate information management and technology student and ITS student worker.

“A consultant or senior consultant will guide you through the process if needed,” Limaye said. “We encourage students to learn these basic repairs because it is a useful skill to have.”

Limaye said students have been coming to the ITS office all year to perform their own repairs, but the decision to establish a more formalized service is a recent development.

The U-FixIT service is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and operates during normal service center business hours, said Wright, the service analyst. Since the student workspace location is behind a secured door,

no repairs can be started after 3:45 p.m. This allows more than an hour before the door is locked and access is terminated at 5 p.m.

“When an interested student enters the office, they will be greeted by a student consul-tant before being assisted by a staff member,” Wright said. “The staff will also ensure that all tools are returned and the workspace is clear. Any broken parts are the student’s responsibil-ity and need to be disposed of properly.”

Both Wright and ITS communications man-ager Finkle emphasized the importance of pro-tecting the ITS department.

Students are required to sign a liability waiver, provided by ITS, before they can use the workspace and tools, Wright said.

Wright acknowledged the program is still in an early testing phase.

“We currently average about three to four students a week using the U-FixIT service,” he said. “If the popularity increases, there is a chance we may expand the hours.”

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recognize the quality of the education we pro-vide,” Liddy said. “Our courses, learning experi-ences and the quality of the graduates of our school further reinstate this.”

Officials within the iSchool take pride in the school’s ability to quickly incorporate the latest technology amid an ever-changing field, Liddy said. This is exhibited in courses and students’ experiences, allowing for consistently high rankings, she said.

The rankings will help serve in funneling prospective students to the iSchool, said Jill Hurst-Wahl, associate professor of practice and director of library and information science.

The ranking will supplement the 20 degree programs available through the school. The variety in the degree programs the school provides creates the right environment for the No. 1 ranking, she said.

“We are a unique iSchool in that we take a broad focus of the user and the technology,” Hurst-Wahl said. “In all of our programs, we are inter-ested in teaching students how their degree relates to the real world, no matter what the degree is.”

The iSchool currently holds the highest post-graduation employment rate on campus, said Max Greenberg, a junior information management and technology major. The best aspects of the iSchool are its “learning by doing” atmosphere and the excellence in professional leadership, he said.

Greenberg said he believes the education pro-vided by the iSchool pertains to one of the most relevant areas of study to date, and has real-world applications. During his freshman year, Green-berg interacted with professors, and the positive learning experiences gave him the opportunity to work with SIDEARM Sports, a technology company led by iSchool professor Jeff Rubin.

“The ability to work directly with the systems and technologies that the professors lecture about is what makes the iSchool unique,” Green-berg said. “There is no doubt in my mind that this program is deserving of the top ranking.”

The iSchool has a high percentage of interna-tional students in its graduate program. This cre-ates many opportunities for students to gain inter-national perspectives from their fellow students, said Liddy, the iSchool dean. With technology thriv-ing off of global perspectives, she said the school takes pride in the diversity of its student body.

“What sets the iSchool apart from other colleges of its kind is its level of forward thinking,” said Jay Getman, a freshman information and technology major. “Both the graduate and undergraduate programs are full of gifted and capable students that make the ranking well-deserved.”

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The investigation into the program has become more expansive as it has progressed, CBS Sports reported.

In March of last year, Yahoo! Sports reported the NCAA was investigating whether Syra-cuse violated its team drug policy. Ten players since 2001 had tested positive for a banned recreational substance or substances, but were allowed to continue playing, according to the Yahoo! Sports report.

Investigators from the NCAA have been con-ducting interviews with current and former SU employees, The Post-Standard reported. The issues related to the investigation include Fab Melo’s academic ineligibility last season and an alleged sexual assault case in 2007, which involved three former members of the basket-ball team, The Post-Standard reported.

Last year, Melo missed three games during the regular season for an academic issue. On March 13, 2012, he was deemed ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, just two days before Syracuse’s first tournament game.

The NCAA is looking into the program’s aca-demic records, which relates to Melo’s situation from last season, The Post-Standard reported.

This season, James Southerland was declared ineligible Jan. 12 for an academic-related issue. He missed six games, but returned after he won an appeal hearing.

The 2007 case started when a female in the College of Arts and Sciences filed a complaint with the Department of Public Safety, alleging former Syracuse basketball players Rick Jack-son, Jonny Flynn and Scoop Jardine sexually assaulted her.

In 2008, the players and a fourth male SU student not on the basketball team were cleared of both criminal and university charges.

After The Post-Standard reported the cur-

rent NCAA investigation is looking into the 2007 case, Quinn issued a statement Wednesday that said the NCAA told SU it is not investigat-ing the 2007 incident or anything related to it.

“That matter was adjudicated and resolved through both the grand jury and student judi-cial processes five years ago,” Quinn said in the statement.

Cathryn Newton, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2008 at the time of the case, declined to comment on whether the NCAA contacted her.

“There was a case in which the process did not go forward in a fair and timely way despite repeat-ed efforts and energy of both the complainant and the College of Arts and Sciences,” Newton said.

Samuel Gorovitz, a professor of philosophy, spoke with the NCAA in 2007 or 2008 regard-ing the case.

“It seemed clear to me that there was an apparent violation of the appropriate process in the handling of the complaint,” Gorovitz said.

He emphasized his problem rested “purely in the behavior of the central administration,” which he said interfered with the normal judicial process.

Gorovitz contacted then-NCAA President Myles Brand, who he knew from the American Philo-sophical Association. Gorovitz said Brand then had his head of enforcement, David Didion, contact him.

Brand died in 2009.Gorovitz said he has had no involvement with

the NCAA’s recent inquiries, nor has he been in contact with the NCAA since 2007 or 2008.

The NCAA investigation is not related to the allegations in 2011 against former men’s basket-ball assistant coach Bernie Fine.

The Syracuse men’s basketball team is in San Jose for the NCAA Tournament. The Orange plays the Montana Grizzlies on Thursday night, with tipoff scheduled for 9:57 p.m.

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Carter asked committees to continue the discussion within their groups. If a committee finds it has no business to conduct, perhaps that committee should be dissolved, Carter said.

Committee researches unpaid internships, English proficiencyTuition costs for students taking unpaid sum-mer internships could be reduced if a proposal from the Committee on Instruction is approved.

The committee included the proposal in its annual report presentation Wednesday. Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina is current-ly evaluating the proposal. According to the report, “good progress is being made.”

No specifics on the tuition reduction were men-tioned and senators did not ask any questions.

The committee is also investigating the level of English proficiency of international students and how insufficient proficiency could be ham-pering student success.

The committee met with Maurice Harris, dean of undergraduate admissions, and Karen Bass, director of international undergraduate admis-sions, in November. Next week, the committee will meet with the Student Association and Graduate Student Organization to continue the discussion.

Law school promotions revisedA candidate for promotion in the College of Law can now be considered for promotion at the begin-ning of the year he or she becomes eligible.

According to a report from the Committee on Appointments and Promotions, the reduced time in rank reflects established practices at law schools at comparable universities, said Chris DeCorse, chair on the committee of appointments and promotions.

Craig Dudczak, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee chair and associate communication and rhetorical studies professor, asked if it would be a problem, since faculty would be held to different standards across the university.

After a discussion, DeCorse and other sena-tors concluded it is not expected to be an issue. Procedures also slightly differ across univer-sity departments now.

The Board of Trustees stepped in to approve eight College of Law candidates for promo-tion during its May 12, 2012, meeting after the Committee on Appointments and Promotions declined to endorse the candidates, saying pro-cedures were not followed.

Spina commended the committee and Col-lege of Law for coming together to work out the revised promotion and tenure proce-dures. The senate approved the latest report on the revised procedures.

Chancellor search commendedDudczak asked the senate to convey its appre-ciation to the chancellor search committee for holding forums for staff, faculty and students on Monday. The forums asked the university community to discuss the future of Syracuse University and the ideal next chancellor.

The forums were “a meritorious practice in the search process,” Dudczak said.

But Patrick Dawes, a graduate student in the School of Education and member of the senate, said some graduate students were unhappy with the forums. He said it was unfortunate that graduate students were grouped with under-graduates for a forum, as the two have very different concerns.

Lil Breul O’Rourke, secretary to the search committee, encouraged graduate students to use the chancellor search website.

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FRANCO’S PIZZERIA AND DELIPHILADELPHIA CHICKENAre those tears in your eyes? Probably. Maybe they’re tears of joy, but more likely the eye-watering hot sauce

slathered across Franco’s Philadelphia chicken pizza induced them. Don’t let its name fool you, though. This is no

Philly chicken cheesesteak copycat. It’s completely different. Like most chicken pizzas, this one is four-parts hot sauce, two-parts chicken and one-part cheese. While slightly intimidating, this slice is great for spice lovers. The spice lingers, so be ready with a glass of water in hand. But the faint-of-heart should avoid this slice at all costs.

DORIAN’S PIZZA AND DELIGREEK If you are walking down Westcott Street and decide not to go inside Dorian’s for a slice of its Greek pizza, stop and

reconsider. This pizza is everything novelty pizza should be. There are bursts of unexpected flavor, unconventional cheeses

seldom found outside of the salad realm and a doughier crust than the usual cheese-and-pepperoni variety. Every mix of flavors is done just right — the tomatoes, cheeses and spinach complement one another. Whoever thinks the Parthenon was the greatest Greek accomplishment hasn’t tasted this pizza.

LITTLE CAESARS PEPPERONILittle Caesars was the only chain restaurant represented

in the taste test, and its mass-produced roots really showed through in the pizza’s quality. All the basics were in

check, but there was nothing special about it. There was no pizzazz, no distinctive flavors and the crust was the blandest part of the whole slice. It was aggressively mediocre, as mass-produced food is wont to be. Little Caesars is not a bad choice for entertaining a big crowd and maybe ordering a pie or two, but if you are looking for just one slice to satisfy your hunger and titillate your senses, this probably won’t be the pizza to do it.

JOHNNY’S PIZZACHICKEN BACON RANCH Simply put, this is “not-pizza pizza.” As a slice of pizza,

it is not even worth contending with some of the other slices featured on this list. But the taste is so out there, one

would not go out of his or her way to call it bad. It’s better described as different. The cheese-and-bacon combination give it a strange sort of mac-and-cheese-on-bread feeling. At the same time, the taste could pass for something akin to grilled cheese. So, if you’re looking for something that’s not run-of-the-mill, this could be for you. If you’re looking for an old-fashioned slice, steer clear of this one.

SABASTINO’S PIZZACHEESENothing too special, but if you’re looking for something

just for the satisfaction of sinking your teeth in, this slice will do you right. This particular piece of cheese pizza is a big

one, and needs two hands to fully embrace the slice’s weight. The taste itself is a little disappointing. It tastes like a normal slice of pizza. If you’re looking for quality texture, cheese and sauce, this isn’t it. This slice lets you take the big bites, and if you’re hungry, sometimes that’s all you need.

VARSITY PIZZAPEPPERONISolid, simple and reliably good. Varsity pizza is the corner-

stone pizza for sports games. It’s the place to go to fill up before heading to the Carrier Dome for the next big basket-

ball game. It’s also a key spot to go to after football wins, as the Syracuse University Marching Band infiltrates Varsity and plays inside. These are reliable pastimes, and reliable is the way to describe the slice itself. Every slice has a yummy blend of cheese, sauce and pepperoni. After a few bites, you aren’t worrying about the massive amount of orange grease on your hands. Though the pizza might not be the best, it’s always good.

COSMOS PIZZA AND GRILLCHEESEThe “famous plain pie,” as Cosmos describes on its

menu, is totally lackluster. Just one bite is enough to twist your stomach into knots. The cheese — too sparse

to actually call it a cheese pizza — is bitter and doesn’t mix well with the tomato sauce. Cosmos is right to call it a “plain” pizza because it is just that. With no outstanding ingredients, the slice is overshadowed by others around it. The herbs sprinkled on top do it no favors, either. If any-thing, they’re an unwelcome, subtle flavor. Do yourself a favor and order something else: Cosmos’ menu has plenty of options.

ACROPOLIS PIZZA HOUSE BUFFALO CHICKENThis specialty slice is worth it: a satisfying Buffalo chick-

en pizza. It has enough chicken to cover an entire slice and the Buffalo sauce packs a punch, more so than you might

expect. But its other ingredients are rather unbalanced. The inconsistency of the cheese and uneven distribution of the sauce lend themselves to either bites of uncomfortably thick cheese or a mouthful of sauce. That’s not to say the sauce is bad. Any Buffalo fan will be pleased with what Acropolis has to offer. And what is lost in the cheese is recovered in the doughy crust.

UPPER CRUSTBy The Daily Orange Feature staff

P izza is a sports-viewing staple. And with the NCAA Tournament right around the corner, it is more important than ever to have a solid knowledge of the

best pizza slices in the area to chow down on during the big games. There are a variety of local establishments that lay claim to having some great pies, but some are better than others. The Daily Orange pizza taste test can help determine the top and bottom seeds for you readers.

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W hile talking about my Spring Break plans, I quickly learned that sen-tence structure was everything.

“I’m going camping in West Virginia,” I burst out as I passed a friend on the Quad.

“Why?” He responded skeptically. I tried again with another friend. “I’m going camping in West Virginia!” “Are you going to marry your cousin?” I processed this comment and it hit me:

I was going to the South. Hillbilly country. Hick land. Where marrying family is not only allowed, but encouraged. Where there’s a Chick-fil-A serving homophobic fried sand-wiches on every street corner. That South.

The next time I ran into someone I knew, I tried a different approach.

“I’m going camping with the Syracuse Uni-

versity Outing Club in West Virginia.” The person smiled. “That sounds like fun.” Success. I was determined not to let the stereo-

types held by my mostly New England- and New York-based friends ruin my adven-ture. I was going camping for the people, activities and raging passion for s’mores. Just to be clear, for those keeping score:

Motivation equals one-sixth people, one-sixth activities, four-sixths s’mores.

And after a week in the South, I can confident-ly say I can still eat my body weight in s’mores, and West Virginia is really a lovely state.

Sure, I didn’t have cellphone service. And sure, the nearest place to get Wi-Fi was a Sub-way restaurant with a sign that read, “Special: Chicken and Biscuits.” And sure, I may or may not have seen a man near me riding a tractor as it dragged his son around on a sled.

But it’s all about the experience. It’s good for you to be thrust into a new environment. It’s like fish oil and kale, or something.

There were, however, a few adjustments I had to make.

I like to look semi-decent when I walk out the door, and I don’t think that’s too much to ask of a vain 20-year-old who’s guilty of looking at herself in any slightly reflective surface.

But there wasn’t a single mirror in my cabin – not even many shiny objects. I was forced to check myself out in a spoon.

It was strange getting used to not knowing if my hair was full of knots (it was), if my eyes were full of eye boogers (very likely) or if my legs were overdue for a shave (I didn’t need a mirror to see that).

And then there was the lack of showering. It was actually embarrassingly easy to

adjust to that one. Some people craft, I shower semi-regularly. It’s kind of my thing.

But I knew I had gotten too relaxed when I forgot to wash my hands after having an intense emotional connection with a wild horse.

I was going for a 12-mile hike called “the Death March.” On the last stretch, the girls I

was with and I approached a field of horses. We walked slowly through the field until

one of the horses made eye contact with me. Eye contact that slowly transformed into soul contact. I reached out and started pet-ting and kissing him. We were soul mates in another life, but instead of being reincar-nated into a white girl from Connecticut, he got to be a horse.

Later that night, I wondered out loud to my friend, “Should I take a shower?”

“I didn’t,” she said. “I just washed my hands after touching the horses.”

“Washed your hands?” I exclaimed. “What a concept! I totally forgot that was a thing.”

But I shrugged. This was life now. In true southern spirit, I tried not to think about all of the things I had touched and ate after embrac-ing a wild horse. I was a West Virginian, not an uptight northerner.

That is, until I got home and proceeded to take the longest shower of my life, do five loads of laundry and wash my hands five times.

You know what they say: You can take the girl out of the suburbs, but you can’t take the neurotic, privileged qualities out of the girl.

Sarah Schuster is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly in

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Disney remains powerful, Sony proves suc-cessful with a surprising call and Warner Bros. proves anything but wonderful. This most accurately summarizes the weekend’s box office results, which saw Disney’s “Oz The Great And Powerful” maintain the top spot, Sony’s “The Call” make a surprisingly strong debut and Warner Bros.’ “The Incred-ible Burt Wonderstone” opening in disaster.

Disney executives must be happy after their $215 million bet. “Oz The Great And Powerful” continued to dominate the box office for the second weekend in a row. The film maintained the top spot with $41.3 mil-lion, which gives it a 10-day total of $144.1 million. The film maintained box office success mainly because there is little family fare in the marketplace, and most kids are out of school for Spring Break.

Additionally, because the film is the first tentpole of the year, there was a carry-over effect from last weekend. Audi-ences were able to talk about the film and see it this weekend if they were unable to last weekend.

Taking the No. 2 spot was Sony’s recent acquisition, “The Call,” which opened with $17.1 million. The film’s surprisingly good opening can be attributed to both a successful marketing campaign by Sony and the star power of its lead, Halle Berry.

What is especially noteworthy is that Sony created a strong marketing campaign in such little time. After all, the studio acquired the film in early January, which only gave audi-ences a little more than two months to discover the film. As a part of the marketing campaign,

Sony first released the trailer and television spots during crime and thriller shows to build awareness and target its female and African-American audiences. Additionally, Halle Berry went on multiple talk shows to promote the film, which proved successful given the film’s opening gross.

Warner Bros.’ new comedy, “The Incred-ible Burt Wonderstone,” opened in third place with a not-so-incredible $10.2 mil-lion. The film cost roughly $30 million to produce, plus an additional $10-$15 million for print and advertising expenses, and will most likely end up breaking even. The opening gross once again reveals that a film’s star power does not secure financial success. Though the film has big names in Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde and Oscar-winner Alan Arkin, audiences simply did not like the film or find it funny, as evidenced by its C+ rating on CinemaScore and 38-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The debut is bad news for Warner Bros., which has had a terrible beginning of the year as a result of its slate of films that have not resonated with audiences, including “Gangster Squad,” “Bullet to the Head,” “Beautiful Creatures” and its most recent disaster, “Jack The Giant Slayer.” Hopefully Warner Bros. will have more success in the coming months with a slate that includes the anticipated “The Great Gatsby,” “The Hangover Part III” and “The Man of Steel.”

—Written by Ian Tecklin, staff writer, ijteckli@syr.edu

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Big Sean to headline charity eventBy Allie Caren

STAFF WRITER

For the second year, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. is hosting the “Save the Horn Benefit Con-cert,” featuring rapper Big Sean.

The pur-pose of the concert is to benefit those who live in

the Horn of Africa, where citizens face some of the worst famine and drought zones in the world. The concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in Goldstein Auditorium.

Big Sean has produced one studio album and his second, “Hall of Fame,” will be released later this year. He is known for hit collaborations such as “Mercy,” featuring Kanye West, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, and “As Long As You Love Me” with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber.

More than 1,000 of 1,500 tickets available were sold at the Schine Box Office within the first two days of being on sale.

Brown Bonsu, a graduate student in the information management program, was the committee head for the first benefit concert last year, and has been guiding his younger frater-nity brothers through the planning.

Under Bonsu’s watch, last year’s concert featuring Fabolous and Cassidy was a sell-out with 1,500 tickets sold.

A majority of the concert’s proceeds will be donated to Relief International, a nonprofit organization that “provides emergency relief, rehabilitation and development assistance to victims of natural disasters and civil con-flicts,” according to its website.

Using concert proceeds, Relief Interna-tional will purchase and send nutrition packs to people in the Horn of Africa. The organization provides citizens with meal packets containing daily nutrients they wouldn’t otherwise receive.

During the first seven years of his life, Bonsu lived with his two siblings and par-

ents in a small house in Ghana. Bonsu remembers the lifestyle he once had, and said it has taught him that even though one’s situation may seem bad, there is always someone who has it worse.

“Growing up, I didn’t have the easiest access to basic utilities that most Americans have,” he said. “I grew up in a single-family house — [it wasn’t] really a house. It was literally one room.”

Bonsu said one thing Americans don’t think twice about and take advantage of is water. In most parts of Africa, he said, something as simple as taking a shower turns into a multi-step process. One has to fetch the water from a well or other natural body, heat it to a comfortable temperature and then — finally — proceed to wash him-self or herself.

“[It’s] the simple things you have in life in America that you don’t have over there,” he said.

Phi Beta Sigma’s motto is “Culture for service, service for humanity,” and Bonsu said this benefit concert is a great example of its service in action.

Said Bonsu: “It’s about helping others.”ajcaren@syr.edu

EventsSave the Horn Benefit Concert Friday, March 22

Hip-hop star Big Sean will be coming to Syracuse University’s Schine Underground this Friday, hosted by Phi Beta Sigma Frater-nity, Inc. All of the proceeds will benefit those living in the horn region of East Africa. The concert will both raise money and improve awareness of the problems there. You get to jam out to music and feel good about doing it.

Your Story!Tuesday, March 26

Beauchamp Library of Syracuse University is going to be hosting an event called “Your Story!” at 5 p.m. on March 26. It will be the sec-ond part of the series, which encourages local community members to share their stories by presenting their own oral histories. The

schedule for the storytelling allows for four categories of stories to be told: migration sto-ries, prison stories, learning stories and love stories. The series is an initiative of the Black Syracuse Project.

Dodgeball tournament Thursday, March 21

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Flanagan Gym in Archbold Gymnasium is hosting a dodgeball tournament. It has all of the brutality and raw channeling of anger into sport that is featured in football and rugby, but without any of the technical rules spectators have to keep track of. The rules are simple — you throw a ball at someone as hard as human-ly possible, and if you hit them without them catching it, they are out. It is free of charge and open to anyone with an SUID. One, two, three — dodgeball.

“Growing up, I didn’t have the easiest access to basic utilities that most Americans have. I grew up in a single-family house – (it wasn’t) really a house. It was literally one room.”

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THE HORN OF AFRICA

The Horn of Africa refers to the region of Eastern Africa made up of Somalia,

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan. The region has suffered from a lot of politi-cal problems, poverty and malnutrition

during the last 150 years, from when the British empire tried to control the Red

Sea to modern-day conflicts between the United States and al-Qaeda.

30 %

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Of the children in Somalia and other neighboring African countries are

acutely malnourished.

Of the population is without food.

Adults, or four per 10,000 children, are dying each day.

Million people are thought to need immediate life-saving help.

Save the HornWhere: Goldstein AuditoriumWhen: March 22 at 6:30 p.m.How much: $12 with SUID

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Under the rainbow

T here’s no place like Oz – the weirdly wondrous land a ruby-slippered Judy Garland roamed with the Scarecrow,

Tin Man and Cowardly Lion by her side. Almost 75 years later, the classic fantasy film’s characters, songs and bright yellow brick road still enchant giddy children and adults alike.

So when “Oz the Great and Powerful” barg-es back into L. Frank Baum’s magical world with an uninspired, run-of-the-mill family tale, it begs the question: What was the point?

Director Sam Raimi’s (“Spider-Man” trilogy) prequel is full of vivid, shimmering landscapes and charming CGI creatures, re-creating Oz with $215 million from Disney’s deep pockets. It brings back the would-be wiz-ard, witches, munchkins and even the flying monkeys, but without any of the wonder.

“Oz” isn’t all bad. The black-and-white Kan-sas opening and tornado sequence are campy, nostalgic treats, with intermittent spurts of comedic wit peeking out amid the modern, technological dazzle.

Several performances are delectably entertaining, too, particularly Rachel Weisz as devious witch Evanora and Michelle Williams’ subtle warmth as angelic Glinda.

But the film’s predictable, muddled script is trying too hard, like its main character, to feign “greatness.” This prequel lacks the cleverness and vaudevillian enthusiasm of the hit Broadway musical “Wicked,” instead swaying unsteadily between over-sappy hom-age and Raimi’s own darker, horror-influenced re-imagination.

At its core, “Oz the Great and Powerful” is short on brains, courage and heart, all personi-fied by the woefully miscast James Franco as Oz.

Franco isn’t a bad actor. On paper, he even looks like a decent replacement for Robert Downey Jr. who, tragically — for “Oz” and its audience — had to drop out. Franco’s diverse resume includes an Oscar nomination (“127 Hours”) and rebooting another beloved CGI-heavy franchise (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”).

Yet he’s painfully out of his depth as con-niving circus illusionist Oscar Diggs, and his quirky, juvenile performance skews closer to Franco’s infamous Oscars hosting gig.

“Oz” opens on a traveling circus in 1905

Kansas as Diggs (Franco) dupes his unwitting audience with cheap parlor tricks and the help of thankless sidekick Frank (Zach Braff). After the show, an angry husband chases the wom-anizing Diggs into a hot-air balloon, flying with nothingbut his top hat and bag of magic tricks into a vicious tornado.

Once there, he meets Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams), and the selfish magician finds himself saving Oz from evil witches and their army of flying monkeys — resembling hulking gorilla gar-goyles more than the original’s goofy, sneering henchmen.

Looming copyright threats kept “Oz” from adding ruby slippers, a detailed yellow brick road or any of Dorothy’s companions. So instead, Oz’s sidekicks are a dainty porcelain figure named China Girl (Joey King) and Finley (Braff), a loud-mouthed monkey in a bellhop uniform.

Braff’s generally enjoyable comedic pres-ence is sadly overdone in this voice role, even testing the patience of a devoted “Scrubs” fan.

Another miscast is Kunis as Theodora,

especially after her laughably over-the-top transformation into the Wicked Witch of the West. Weisz and Williams’ otherworldly screen presences dwarf Kunis’ down-to-earth girly charm, and

her candy-green witch is

about as convincing as her copycat cackling.

But the film’s shortcomings begin and end with Franco, whose

acting wasn’t deep or emotive enough to overcome the wizard’s smug, unlikable per-

sona. His performance relies on half-grinned charm and ironic shrugs, bumbling

through the film as an immature jerk.During the reasonably entertaining

climax, during which Franco briefly fits the title role, the audience is already too sick and tired of him to care.

Certain scenes show flashes of what “Oz” could’ve been, like when Oz glues a sobbing China Girl’s porcelain legs back together in the ruins of a smoldering town. Even the Emerald City-set climax is madcap fun, forgiving the fact that Evanora and Glinda’s extravagant show-down rips off “Harry Potter” dueling and the Emperor’s force lightning from “Star Wars.”

Raimi and Franco’s bungled return to Oz is a decent family adventure, but when it comes down to it, decent doesn’t cut it. Ultimately, “Oz the Great and Powerful” did nothing to justify its unnecessary existence.

rjmarvin@syr.edu

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFULDirector: Sam Raimi

Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff

Release date: March 8, 2013

Rating: 2.5/5 Popcorns

‘Wizard of Oz’ prequel is corny and clumsy and humdrum, oh my!

illustration by micah benson | art director

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(26-9) SYRACUSE VS. MONTANA (25-6)

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim’s daughter Elizabeth teaches at Montana. She also attended the university as a graduate student.

Injured forward Mathias Ward isn’t just Montana’s leading scorer. He was also named to the third team of the Capital One Academic All-America Division-I Team.

It’s hard to see this as a grand tactical clash. Tinkle has to hope his players drain shots over the zone. Boeheim should expect his players to grab rebounds and dominate transition when the Grizzlies miss.

Christmas should shut Hutchison down. He didn’t produce in the Big Sky, and it’s hard to see him doing better against one of the Orange’s best post defenders.

Fair is one of the few SU players who has gotten better as the season’s progressed. Look for the Orange’s most consistent player to drain more mid-range jumpers and own the high post.

C.J. FAIR 6-8 215 JR.

14.4 PPG 7.1 RPG

SPENCER COLEMAN

6-6.5 210 JR.7.6 PPG 3.6

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RAKEEM CHRISTMAS 6-9 242 SO. 5.3 PPG 4.7

RPG

ERIC HUTCHISON 6-9 245 JR.3.3 PPG 0.5

BPG

JIM BOEHEIM 916-313

37 SEASONS

WAYNE TINKLE 141-77

7 SEASONS

Everything Carter-Wil-liams has shown this year suggests he will dominate the smaller Cherry. But the Montana guard aver-ages 1.9 steals per game.

Size, height and bet-ter teammates to take passes from aside, Triche has big-game, big-stage experience Gregory can-not match.

Both will shoot early and often, but Southerland’s length tilts the matchup in his favor. After all, the Big East’s elite could only con-tain him, at best.

JAMES SOUTHERLAND

6-8 215 SR. 13.9 PPG 5.2

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KAREEM JAMAR

6-5 210 JR.14.5 PPG 6.0

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BRANDON TRICHE

6-4 210 SR. 13.8 PPG 3.6

APG

JORDAN GREGORY

6-2 183 SO.8.3 PPG 1.3

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WILLIAMS 6-6 185 SO. 12.0 PPG 7.7

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WILL CHERRY 6-1 181 SR.

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Much was made of the number of 3-pointers James Southerland drained during the Big East tournament, but he also shot efficiently from beyond the arc. The Syracuse forward made 19 of his 33 attempts in the tournament, good for 57.6 percent.

10.2 The number of assists per game Michael Carter-Williams aver-aged against nonconference foes largely made up of teams from mid-major conferences. The Syra-cuse point guard averaged just 5.7 assists in Big East play.

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SYRACUSE 74, MONTANA 62TOURNAMENT FINISH: SWEET 16Syracuse faces some good teams out West, but without its leading scorer in Mathias Ward, Montana isn’t nearly as dangerous a team. If the Orange advances to the third round, it’ll face either UNLV or California, two strong teams that will probably have more fan representation because of their locations. But Syracuse is still better than any of those teams, and will advance to the Sweet 16. There, the Orange will likely meet Indiana, which has been one of the best teams all season. Despite suffering some tough losses, the Hoosiers have two of the best players in the country in Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo. Syracuse has been up and down all year. Indiana comes from one of the toughest conferences in the country in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers will end up knocking Syracuse out in the Sweet 16.

CHRIS ISEMAN

SYRACUSE 82, MONTANA 63TOURNAMENT FINISH: SWEET 16Syracuse is simply better than its competi-tion out in San Jose, Calif. The Orange will cruise past the Grizzlies on Thursday and take care of business, regardless of its oppo-nent in the third round. But SU’s postseason run will come to an end in D.C. when it runs into top-seeded Indiana. The Hoosiers are loaded, boasting national player of the year candidate Victor Oladipo, versatile swingman Christian Watford and sharpshooter Jordan Hulls. Add in big man Cody Zeller, who will overwhelm the Orange down low, and Indi-ana moves on to the Elite Eight.

RYNE GERY

SYRACUSE 68, MONTANA 59TOURNAMENT FINISH: ROUND OF 32Syracuse rediscovered itself in Madison Square Garden, a building that seems to inspire a different level of play from New York’s College Team. But I have doubts as to whether the magic can continue – James Southerland’s shooting, Baye Moussa Keita’s tenacity, Trevor Cooney’s out-of-nowhere contributions – thou-sands of miles from home and without a pro-Orange crowd. I think Syracuse gets by Mon-tana, but stumbles against UNLV, capping off an up-and-down season with one final slip.

MICHAEL COHENCheck dailyorange.com and @DOsports all weekend long for Tournament

coverage.

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some points near the rim, and that’s the biggest thing I would say that’s missing right now. They’re still getting it from their guards Will Cherry (13.9 ppg) and Kareem Jamar (14.5 ppg), but it’s in a different way. They have to drive to the basket in the case of Cherry. In the case of Jamar, he will post people up.

The D.O.: How do you think Montana is suited against Syracuse’s zone? Is that some-thing they’ve seen at all this year?

BM: They’ve seen a fair share of zone because of Cherry and Jamar and their ability to get to the rim. A lot of people have used zone to try to clog up the middle and keep them from slashing to the rim. They’ve had mixed success, I would say, against the zone. Sometimes, they get a

little tentative and settle for outside shots, and I know that, that is not what Coach (Wayne) Tinkle wants. He wants them to stay aggressive, and if they’re getting outside shots, he wants them to be for kickouts after the guys drive into the lane and kick out to shooters to get them bet-ter looks. They are a pretty good shooting team from the perimeter.

The D.O.: Are there any defensive matchups Montana is concerned with against Syracuse?

BM: I haven’t had a chance to talk to coach Tinkle about specific matchups yet. Defensively, though, for the Grizzlies, it starts with Will Cherry. He’s the two-time defensive player of the year in the Big Sky, and he’s second in the Big Sky all-time in career steals. He’s Montana’s leader in career steals. People will be surprised at the kind of balls he can get to.

The D.O.: How do you think Cherry (6-foot-

1) will match up with Syracuse’s Michael Carter-Williams (6-foot-6)?

BM: I would definitely expect Will to be matched up on Carter-Williams. He always takes the opposing team’s best offensive player. Last week, because of some switches during a play, Will found himself matched up against a 6-5 kid from Northern Colorado, so of course they cleared it out and tried to isolate the 6-5 kid on Will Cherry, and they got the ball to him and the kid went up for a shot and Cherry blocked it. I don’t think the extra five inches are going to be a major factor.

The D.O.: Do you think Syracuse’s height advantage will be a factor, or is that some-thing Montana can overcome and adjust during the game?

BM: I think what will be a big factor, and could be the decisive factor, will be rebounding. At least I’ve heard that Syracuse gets a lot of

offensive rebounds, and the Grizzlies are not a great rebounding team, so I think how they’re able to hang with Syracuse on the boards will go a long way to determining the outcome.

The D.O.: What is the key for Montana to pull off the upset against Syracuse?

BM: I think getting off to a good start would be really important, just to maintain the con-fidence that they’ve played with all year. Obvi-ously, they can’t get too far behind because against a team like Syracuse, it’s not going to be very easy to come from way back.

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By Kevin PriseSTAFF WRITER

Quentin Hillsman immediately pointed out Creighton’s deep shooting after Monday’s Selection Show. Creighton averages more

than nine made 3-pointers per game and ranks 12th in Division I in 3-point per-centage.

But the Blue-jays’ game is familiar to Syracuse. Hillsman said they resemble Villanova, a Big East rival that made 21 3-pointers in two regular-season wins over the Orange this year.

“No question,” Hillsman said. “Villanova’s one of those teams. They get up and down the court, and they run.”

Syracuse (24-7) finally got the best of the Wildcats in a 61-56 win in a Big East tournament quarterfinal matchup March 10, and the Orange will look for a similar result in Saturday’s first-round NCAA tournament matchup with Creighton (24-7) in Knoxville, Tenn., at 11:20 a.m. After a five-year tournament drought, the No. 7-seed Orange returns to the Big Dance in the Oklahoma City region, still in search of its first NCAA tournament victory.

A win would give the Orange, currently 0-4 all-time in tournament play, a Monday matchup with the winner of No. 2-seed Tennessee and No. 15-seed Oral Roberts.

Creighton received an at-large berth this year after falling to Illinois State in overtime of the Missouri Valley semifinals. Last year, CU earned a No. 14 seed as the conference tourna-ment champion and narrowly lost a first-round matchup to St. John’s on a buzzer-beater layup. This year’s Bluejays are led by Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Marissa Jan-ning, a 5-foot-8 freshman guard who averages 13 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme, who accurately pegged SU as a No. 7 seed, agreed Creighton resembles Villanova. Creme described the Bluejays as an “inside-out team, with an emphasis on ‘out.’”

“A Syracuse fan that watches Creighton play will probably be reminded of Villanova,” Creme said. “No one runs what (Villanova coach Harry) Perretta runs, but the two teams are very similar visually.”

Though the teams run similar styles, Creme emphasized the inferiority of Creighton’s size compared to Villanova’s, or that of most Big East teams.

That adds up to what should be a big scoring and rebounding day for SU’s 6-foot-4 senior cen-ter Kayla Alexander. Sarah Nelson, Creighton’s leading rebounder at 7.9 per game, is 6 feet tall, and could have trouble guarding Alexander.

Along the same lines, Syracuse’s apparent rebounding advantage could be pivotal in the out-come. If the Orange can dominate the boards, it has a good chance to pull away down the stretch.

“It should be a competitive game,” Creme said. “Creighton is a disciplined team. It comes down to how well they can hold their own on the boards. If Syracuse dominates the boards, they should pull away near the end.”

But Hillsman and his team want to keep preparation as simple as possible.

Freshman guard Brittney Sykes jokingly admitted after the Selection Show that one of her teammates asked, “Who is Creighton?”

when the bracket was released, but as her head coach stated, every team is a threat.

“Creighton’s one of those teams that you know is a volume 3-point shooting team – they take a lot and they make a lot,” Hillsman said. “We just have to be able to guard them. It’s going to be one of those games where we’ve just got to get up and down the floor, play our game and make sure that we’re guarding the 3-point line.”

The trip to Knoxville will be special for freshman guard Cornelia Fondren, who grew up in Memphis about 400 miles away and can expect a vocal contingent of family and friends, Hillsman said.

Aside from Fondren, everyone on the team has a lot to look forward to. For every single player, including the three senior 1,000-point scorers who made the tournament in their last chance, it’s a new experience.

One they plan to make the most of.“It was a huge sigh of relief,” senior guard

Elashier Hall said of the feeling when SU’s name was called during the Selection Show. “A little weight off our shoulders. Now we’ve got to get in, get the other weight off and beat Creighton.”

kmprise@syr.edu

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allie berube | video editorELASHIER HALL and No. 7-seed SU look for the first NCAA tournament win in program history when they face sharpshooting No. 10-seed Creighton Saturday at 11:20 a.m.

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Syracuse and Montana last squared off in 1915 when they tied 6-6 in a football game.

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Syracuse and Montana have never played in bas-ketball, but the two sides played once in football — in 1915. Syracuse, while on a three-game West Coast trip to play Montana, Oregon Agricultural College and Occidental College, tied Montana, 6-6. The Orange entered the game as heavy favor-ites, so it was a shocking result.

This article originally appeared in The Daily Orange on Nov. 29, 1915.

Playing on a field swept by a blasting, swirling whirlwind, the Varsity battled with the Montana eleven to a 6-6 score in a sensational combat at Missoula on Thanksgiving. Unacclimated to the icy weather conditions of the West, the Orange players faced a decided disadvantage in their con-test with the hardy Westerners. The Montana men met Syracuse with fierce onslaughts and brought joy to their five thousand supporters who braved the storm to witness the greatest struggle ever contested between Eastern and Western teams.

The Varsity bewildered the Missoulians with cleverly executed forward passes, which enabled Meehan to plunge through the line for a touchdown in the third period. Wilkinson’s punts, one of which went for 85 yards, the longest kick ever made on Montana Field, also amazed the Westerners. Montana, however, gave a fine exhibition of end runs and, aided by the line plunging of Fullback Dreis, the Mis-soula eleven gained much ground on the Orange in the first quarter. After Montana scored its touchdown on a fluke in the second quarter, Syracuse struck its stride and for the rest of the game had the best of the argument.Wind Proved Important Factor.The wind proved the most important factor throughout the game and favored Montana at two important crises. In the second period, Vance fell back to his 40-yard line for a place-ment kick. The ball went wide of its mark after hitting a Syracuse player, but a strong blast of wind blew it across the goal line. Clark, rush-ing down the field, fell on the pigskin and gave

Montana its six points. The wind again blessed the Westerners when Wilkinson attempted a goal after Meehan’s touchdown in the third quarter. Rafter caught the kick-out directly in front of the goal posts and a one-point lead for Syracuse seemed certain. The howling gale, however, outwitted Wilkinson’s accurate toe and blew the ball to one side, so that it missed the goal by inches.

Coach O’Neill made the following statement about the game, which reiterates the condi-tions that confronted the Orange players on Thanksgiving:

“Western football is not so slow by a good deal as Easterners generally imagine it to be. We have no excuses to make regarding the game at Montana on Thanksgiving Day. Montana has a wonderful team and they fought hard. The weather conditions, however, were decidedly against our team.Field a Picturesque Sight.Montana Field presented a picturesque setting for the game between the two representative elevens of the East and West. Deep down in Hell-gate Canyon, surrounded by towering snow-clad peaks, the field formed a natural amphitheater. A swirling northwest gale swept the field with howling blasts and held the shivering spectators and players in its icy breath.

The thousands of spectators huddling together for protection from the blinding snow-storm presented an interesting surrounding for the game. Husky cowboys, fresh from the ranches, hardy mountaineers of the mighty Montana ranges, brilliantly clad Indians from the Flathead reservation, swarthy miners in overalls, wealthy business men from the cities, college professors and the spirited, cheering Montana students all made a fascinating scene as they eagerly watched the progress of the battle royal.

—Compiled by Mark Cooper, edi-tor in chief, mcooperj@syr.edu

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way. But we used the Big East to our benefit, and that’s to play well and get our offense going.”

The three-and-a-half-game resurgence in New York — Syracuse collapsed in the second half of the final against Louisville — saw Triche break out of a slump that lasted the better part of six weeks and Southerland catch fire in the greatest shooting stretch in Big East tournament history. It added new dimensions to an offense that had grown stagnant. It bred new confidence after levels of belief started to recede.

It sent the Orange cruising into San Jose seemingly peaking at the right time.

“Our offense was pretty much terrible for the whole month of February,” Triche said. “But we got it going at the right time. That’s all we needed to do, just go in the Big East, knock off a few games and get back playing well.”

Even Kareem Jamar, Montana’s leading scorer among its active players, said the second half against Louisville “didn’t sum up what type of team” Syracuse is. And he expects the Orange to come out with a bit of a chip on its shoulder, following several college basketball experts put-ting SU on upset alert.

Will Cherry is billing this game as Montana against the world. He said very few people are giving his team a chance against the fourth-seeded Orange, based on what he’s heard, but a win over such a prestigious program is some-thing Montana would always remember.

“It’s definitely a tremendous honor (to play against them),” Cherry said. “I had one other tremendous honor of going up against UCLA, another powerhouse that’s predicated on bas-

ketball and has a lot of history. Jim Boeheim is a terrific coach. He has a lot of wins under his belt and he knows what he’s doing.”

What Boeheim will be doing on Thursday is attempting to stifle a Montana team that is full of shooters. Triche compared the Griz-zlies to Seton Hall, a team Syracuse beat twice this year, because of its multitude of players capable of connecting from behind the 3-point line.

The Orange defeated Seton Hall in the Big East tournament last week, but the Pirates shot 10-of-20 from beyond the arc. Closing out on Montana’s shooters, who are led by Jamar, Jordan Gregory and Mike Weisner, will be a big focus of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone.

“I just think they’re a really good, well-balanced basketball team,” Boeheim said. “I think they move the ball really well, offensively. They shoot it from the perimeter extremely well. I think that, offensively, they’re a really good basketball team.”

When asked what, if anything, he could do or say to motivate his team to perform with the same intensity it displayed in New York City last week, Boeheim said there’s nothing specific to ensure a similar performance. After playing more than 30 games this season — some way up and others horrifyingly down — Syracuse is what it is, Boeheim said.

And so in the NCAA Tournament, where one loss ends your season, that is both a delightful and deadly realization. For the moment, Syracuse is up, but who knows how, if or when it will fall.

“We did a great job of finding our chemistry and beating some great teams (in New York),” Southerland said. “I feel like that’s the only motivation we need going into this tournament.”

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nate shron | staff photographerHP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., will be filled with fans Thursday night as No. 4-seed Syracuse takes on No. 13-seed Montana in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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By Jacob KlingerASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Before John Desko and his players traveled to Providence on Monday for a game in which they were already set up to stumble, he was already

thinking Villanova.“We’ve got to

think about Vil-lanova in the long run, too,” the Syra-cuse head coach said Monday after-

noon. “It’s all about Providence right now, but in the back of my head, we’re coming home to leave to Philadelphia again.”

But the No. 4 Orange (5-1, 2-0 Big East) pound-ed the Friars 18-9. SU oozed self-assuredness post-game, gladly looking toward Villanova (1-5, 0-0) and beyond.

“I think we showed that we’re national title contenders,” SU goaltender Dominic Lamol-inara said.

Confidence overflowed throughout the team and was seemingly uncontainable Tuesday night. But now the Orange is in another emo-tional balancing act. Every smile and compli-ment accepted or directed at a teammate has to be countered by perspective.

“Yeah, our team goal is definitely to get to the Final Four and get a national champion-ship, but we got to make an effort to take it one game at a time, because that’s where it counts,” Syracuse midfielder Luke Cometti said. “We got Villanova this weekend and that’s what’s in our sight.”

Then, a pair of grinning teammates walked by fist-pumping and shouting, “‘Metti.”

While many of his teammates were making their way out of the visitors’ locker room, JoJo Marasco jogged into the athletic lobby still in full gear and eye black. On his way, he pounded Brenny Daly on his right shoulder.

“Nice G, kid,” he said, running past the fresh-man midfielder.

Syracuse’s attacking dominance from its statement win against then-No. 5 Johns Hop-kins spilled over into the blowout of the Friars,

with inexperienced players like Daly taking the field and scoring.

Still, mere minutes before the Orange faced off with Providence on Tuesday, undefeated No. 2 Cornell fell to No. 16 Bucknell at home 9-8. Those exact types of results were on Desko’s mind Monday, looking ahead to a week in which SU is heavily favored.

“Every week now, you look at some of the traditionally highly ranked teams lose a game against somebody,” he said. “So with all this parity, you really can’t take anybody lightly.”

The Orange started No. 12 in the preseason polls, far removed from the expectations that follow this program everywhere it goes. But storming back into the top five firmly replanted a target on SU’s back, and if Syracuse beats the Wildcats on Saturday, the Orange will likely rise to No. 3 in the nation.

Lamolinara raised eyebrows when he declared his team would contend for the cham-pionship, but Henry Schoonmaker was quick to point out how little Lamolinara really said. Ranking fluctuations aside, the Orange is sim-ply doing what it’s supposed to.

“Everybody comes here for a national cham-pionship,” Schoonmaker said. “So it’s kind of a given right when you come here.”

Everything appears to be clicking for SU. The attack is dodging, picking, cutting, passing and scoring at a breakneck pace. The defense is flattening the few attacks each game that even consider approaching the crease, and Chris Daddio is owning the faceoff X.

Even Lamolinara, SU’s No. 2 goaltender, is making the starting job his own, stuffing opposing attackers one-on-one at his door-step. He’s the one stating the underlying obvious, but he’s part of what’s making the prospect realistic.

“Dom right now has played extremely well against Hopkins, he played great today,” Desko said. “He’s doing clearing and communicating, and those are the three big parts of being a goal-tender, and he’s playing well in all those spots.”

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luke rafferty | asst. photo editorHENRY SCHOONMAKER and the No. 4 Orange will look to continue to ride their hot streak against Villanova on Saturday. SU currently boasts a five-game winning streak.

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Syracuse (26-9) will open NCAA Tournament play in the second round against Montana on Thursday at 9:57 p.m. in San Jose, Calif. The 13th-seeded Grizzlies (25-6) put together a

14-game winning streak from Dec. 19 to Feb. 9, and finished the year 19-1 in Big Sky play. This will be the pro-gram’s third trip to the tournament in the last four years, with its previous two ending in losses in the first round to New Mexico in 2010 and in the sec-

ond round to Wisconsin in 2012.Montana’s leading scorer, 6-foot-7

forward Mathias Ward (14.8 ppg), is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing foot surgery earlier this month. The Daily Orange broke down Thursday’s matchup with Bob

Meseroll, who covers the Grizzlies for the Missoulian.

The Daily Orange: Without Ward, how does that change the dynam-ic for Montana going into the tournament?

Bob Meseroll: I think the biggest loss is of a low-post threat. Mathias is a very good outside shooter, and he’s more of a face-up post player than a back-to-the-basket guy, but he was capable of going down low and getting

Q&A with Montana beat writer Bob Meseroll of the Missoulian

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S AN JOSE, Calif. — Brandon Triche and James Southerland laughed, smiled and joked atop the podium. They were jovial, enjoying the moment

and an accurate barometer of a team whose confidence is quite possibly the highest it’s been all season.

Syracuse limped into the Big East tournament last week, losing four of its last five games in the regular season and slipping all the way to No. 19 in the rankings. But just as suddenly as it lost control, the team was reborn in the form of a three-game winning streak during which its offense resurfaced and a pair of struggling shooters came to life.

Now, after a march to the Big East tournament title game, the Orange enters the NCAA Tourna-ment as a confident team hoping to make a deep run through the East Regional. That process begins Thursday, when fourth-seeded Syracuse faces No. 13-seed Montana at 9:57 p.m. And the biggest question — the one that has plagued this bunch all season — is which team will show up.

“We’re used to playing well,” Triche said. “We’re used to playing bad, too. So I think we could play either

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nate shron | staff photographerJAMES SOUTHERLAND and the Orange face Montana on Thursday night in San Jose, Calif.

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