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R oberta Flack started the song slow, like any prop-er soul singer would.
“Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try.”As the quiet John Lennon-penned melody wove
its gentle lyrics through the speakers, a cavalcade of superstar acts split harmonies with the jazz singer. On the One World Concert stage on Tuesday night, Flack may have been a dreamer, but she was far from the only one.
“Imagine all the people, living for today.”Slowly, the entire ensemble meandered its way
across the stage. The song that started with Lennon’s subtle tapestry of guitar chords and simple lyrics struck its crescendo in a thunderous cascade of har-monies.
“I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, sporting a bright orange Syracuse University visor, made the tongue-in-cheek claim that music didn’t much interest him. But that didn’t stop him from shaking hands and exchang-ing bows with the star-studded roster before leaving the stage, before the artists brought a crowd of 24,000 to its feet.
But perhaps Lama Tenzin Dhonden, peace emissary to the Dalai Lama, put it best when he said, “I think now it is time to rock.”
Dave Matthews riffed. David Crosby jammed. Cyndi Lauper flaunted her “True Colors.” Counting Crows crooned “Round Here.” Nelly Furtado pseudo-scatted. Engelbert Humperdinck melted hearts. And that was just the tip of the musical iceberg.
Armed with razor-sharp witticisms, Whoopi Gold-berg exuded comedic grace as emcee, punctuating her thoughts with self-deprecating jokes and whipping the crowd into rounds of applause.
Though Goldberg struggled to read the scripted tele-prompter scrolling on the Carrier Dome’s Jumbotron, she had no problem cracking jokes off the cuff.
“I can’t see that big Jumbotron, so I’m looking deep in myself to talk to you,” she said, deadpanning. “Also
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Dalai Lama’s talk dazzles crowds at concert
Additional panel discusses relationship between structures of racial justice, peace
No crime transpires at concert
lauren murphy | asst. photo editorTHE DALAI LAMA greets a crowd of about 24,000 at the One World Concert. The concert was the final event of the Common Ground for Peace Symposium, which began on Monday. More than 20 musical artists performed at the event, which was held in the Carrier Dome.
By Meredith NewmanASST. NEWS EDITOR
No crime or major incidents occurred at Tuesday night’s One World Concert.
The concert marked the conclu-sion of the Common Ground for Peace Symposium, a two-day forum held at Syracuse University on Oct. 8-9. The Dalai Lama and more than 20 musical artists engaged the Syracuse commu-nity on shifting global consciousness toward peace.
The two-day event included a public talk by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet; panel discus-sions; and a festival-style concert in the Carrier Dome.
About 24,000 people were in atten-dance.
“For a major concert it was one of the best-behaved crowds we’ve ever seen,” Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto said.
The State Department, New York State Police, Onondaga County Sher-iff’s Department, Syracuse Police Department and DPS were all involved in security details for the event.
The State Department was specifi-cally responsible for the personal pro-tection and care of the Dalai Lama. DPS provided security around SU’s perim-eter, while SPD was responsible for con-trolling and regulating traffic. The New York State Police and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department provided the motorcade and transportation security.
Brian Davis, a police officer who is part of the SPD Traffic Division, was one of the motorcade escorts for The Dalai Lama. He said there were no problems with escorting the Dalai Lama to the Carrier Dome.
“In my 19 years as an officer, I’ve never seen such great hospitality,” Davis said.
By Jessica IannettaASST. NEWS EDITOR
Tuesday’s “Common Ground for Peace” panel was a far different scene than that of the Monday panels. Though it did not feature the Dalai Lama, the much smaller crowd made for a more intimate setting.
This panel, which had only been announced a few days beforehand, had only about 100 audience members filling the folding chairs set up on the auditorium floor. The smaller audi-ence allowed for more interaction, as
well as a more focused and in-depth discussion among panelists.
The panel, titled “The Past is Not the Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace,” took place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Joyce Hergen-han Auditorium. Panelists included Andrew Young, a civil rights leader and former U.N. ambassador; Martin Luther King III; and Syracuse Univer-sity professors Linda Carty and Janis McDonald. Paula Johnson, another SU professor, served as both the mod-erator and a panelist.
The point of the panel, Johnson said, was to address topics raised by the Dalai Lama and others at Mon-day’s panels, as well as to focus more on national issues such as racial injustice in the United States.
“Sometimes it can be easier for us to look at larger concerns or more distant places rather than the local people, the local issues that affect us,” she said.
The discussion among the panel-ists focused on how peace relates to justice and how institutional struc-
tures factor into the discussion. Johnson started the discussion with a simple question: Can there be peace without justice?
While America is a nation that claims to have justice, this justice does not apply to everyone, King said, and there cannot be true peace unless there is justice for all people.
He pointed to the criminal system as an example. African-Americans make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, but more than 60 percent of the jail population, King said.
“The late, great Richie Pryor cap-tured it by saying, ‘When you go down to the courthouse looking for justice, all you find is just us,’” he said.
Young, the former U.N. ambassa-dor, took a different approach to the question, saying he never believed justice would be possible in his life-time. Instead, he said individuals should offer their enemies mercy and seek to achieve reconciliation.
When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Young and others had
By Debbie TruongSTAFF WRITER
The Dalai Lama opened the One World Concert with the boyish charm and humor that became his hallmark throughout the two-day Common Ground for Peace Sympo-sium.
“I’m not much interested in music,” he said, followed by pro-longed chuckles from the packed Carrier Dome audience of approxi-
mately 24,000. The spiritual leader of Tibet was
onstage to kick off the One World Concert, a star-studded musical spectacle that served as the sympo-sium’s finale. During his one-hour talk, the Dalai Lama brought brev-ity and lightness to weighty subjects such universal peace, solidarity and teaching morality in education. He shied away from politics, and instead adopted a more sentimental
approach, discussing his childhood and personal experiences with hon-esty and candor.
While the Dalai Lama isn’t an avid music fan, he appreciates music’s capacity to communicate messages of peace and solidarity, far and wide, and said he would stay up past his bedtime to enjoy the concert. Keeping with the concert’s hopeful message, the Dalai Lama punctuated his talk with hearty, soulful laughter
throughout. At one point, the icon of peace whipped out an orange Syra-cuse University visor, much to the audience’s delight.
But the jovial and lighthearted moments were accompanied by seri-ous, thought-provoking ones, too.
The Dalai Lama said he has observed more than 60 years worth of violence and feuding, often a prod-uct of humankind’s own creation.
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He added that all of the agencies involved worked together well.
“The Dalai Lama is awesome,” Davis said. Attendees were not allowed to bring
bags into the Dome and everyone was subjected to thorough security checks and examinations.
Sarah Malavenpa, a Syracuse resident, wasn’t expecting such extensive security.
“They checked my bag and did the metal detector thing,” Malavenpa said.
She said the security check line was simple, and she only stood in line for five minutes.
No major injuries were reported at the concert, said Peter Sealy, supervisor for the Dome medical staff.
The Syracuse Fire Department was in charge of crowd control, said Lt. Tim Barclay. While the majority of attendees came in last minute, there was no problem getting people to their seats.
“We got everybody in. People should have gotten here a little earlier,” Barclay said. “The crowd was very nice. Everything was fine. Everyone was in good spirits. “
Callisto said the past two days went very smoothly.
Said Callisto: “To have a major religious and social figure, international figure, on campus for two days, the coordination between all of the law enforcement, the Department of State, the sheriff’s office, the state police and DPS was just outstanding.”
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to decide whether to pursue justice for him. Ulti-mately, they decided to continue King’s work instead of trying to bring the killer to justice, Young said.
“I can’t expect justice,” Young said. “I have to find peace within myself and stay calm and reasonable and tactical enough to survive, and in order to do that, I have to be merciful toward my oppressors.”
McDonald drew on her experience as co-
director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, a project that seeks to find justice for racially motivated murders during the Civil Rights era. She said before there can be justice, it is neces-sary to know who has suffered.
Many of the crimes the initiative investi-gates were never reported and received no atten-tion from media or officials. Accountability needs to come before reconciliation and mercy, especially in terms of acknowledging the suffer-ing that occurred, McDonald said.
The discussion also centered on how institu-tional structures such as the media and govern-ment influence peace and justice.
When Pakistani terrorists attacked India, Young said, India did not react “catastrophi-cally,” but instead worked with the Pakistani government to bring the terrorists to justice, improving their relationship with Pakistan in the process.
But when terrorists attacked America, the United States spent a trillion dollars to go to war and find the terrorists — money that could have been spent better elsewhere, Young said.
King echoed Young’s sentiments, noting the role war and the military industrial complex play in American life.
“Do we have to respond by retaliating? What if America took a different tone?” King said. “Strength is not necessarily showing that you can blow someone off the planet.”
The topic of how to respond to complex issues was also present in an exchange between McDonald and Carty about race relations and how individuals should talk about race.
Speaking to the white students in the room, McDonald urged them to not be afraid to talk about race. White people are often afraid of being seen as racist, so the topic of race becomes a conversation stopper, McDonald said.
“I’d just like to say to all of you, please, aban-don that fear and get in the midst of this conver-sation,” she said. “Start talking to each other and being honest about it and moving forward.”
Adding to what McDonald said, Carty noted that many black people are also afraid of talk-ing about race because society often punishes people for talking about it. They do not want to be labeled as angry or frustrated.
“Your silence will not protect you,” she said. Karin Abrahamsson, an sophomore unde-
clared major in the College of Arts and Sciences who attended the panel, said she was particu-larly moved when King shared what civil rights leader Hosea Williams said about his father. Williams described him as someone who “con-quered love of wealth and fear of death.”
She rolled up her sleeve, revealing that quote, which she had written on her arm. She said the quote was very influential to her and inspired her to make a change in her life and be more active.
Throughout the discussion, Young also stressed the need to work for change.
“This is a lifetime struggle,” Young said. “I am old and I am physically tired, but I don’t see any way around this struggle. I’ve been around too long and I know too much to keep quiet.”
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Journalists bring injustices of the world to light. In the hopes of making change, they’ll encounter danger, violence and even death.
Bassel Al Shahade encountered all three. He was killed in May in his home country of Syria,
where he was working as a citizen journalist. On Wednesday, Syracuse University will host a day of remembrance for Al Shahade, who was a graduate film student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The day will begin with a memorial service
at 10:30 a.m. at Hendricks Chapel, followed by a symposium at 2 p.m. in the Maxwell Public Events Room in Eggers Hall.
The symposium will discuss Al Shahade and the violence in Syria, and will feature politi-cal columnist, author and SU alumnus Rami Khouri; James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; com-poser and pianist Malek Jandali; and musician Mohamed Alsiadi.
Many of Al Shahade’s short films will be screened at the event, including one about a young child’s experience with war.
Later that day at 7 p.m., Alsiadi and Jandali will be featured in a concert at Setnor Audito-rium in Crouse College.
Erica Blust, communications manager for VPA, said Al Shahade’s films will be shown at the symposium and concert, as it is also a part of the 2012 Syracuse International Film Festival.
Ticket proceeds and donations from the concert will go toward a festival award in Al
Shahade’s name. The award goes to a filmmaker who focuses on important social justice issues. The Filmmaker Award for Peace and Social Jus-tice will be a focus of the festival in the coming years, Blust said.
Owen Shapiro, Shahade’s former faculty adviser and film professor in VPA, is also serv-ing as the festival’s artistic director.
“A filmmaker cares about people, is creative, has social and political commitments and tries in a modest way to make the world a little more understandable, a little bit more compassionate place for all; a person who fights, through the use of sounds and images, injustice and intoler-ance,” Shapiro said in a press release. “Bassel was a filmmaker, and we all will sorely miss him.”
Tickets are $12 for students, $25 for the public and $100 for a sponsor ticket, which includes a donation to the festival filmmaker award fund.
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DAY OF REMEMBRANCE SYMPOSIUMWhere: Maxwell Public Events Room in Eggers HallWhen: Today, 2 p.m. How much: Free
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Although opening a physical voting location gives students an additional way to vote for Student Association president, poor planning will not gar-ner votes for any of the candidates.
At Monday’s meeting, SA officials announced a voting station will be set up in E.S. Bird Library so students can vote in person. Students have voted via MySlice only since 2002. Last year’s SA election broke voting records.
Opening a voting location may seem like a way to keep riding on this success, but setting it up in Bird is a poor decision. The Schine Student Center would be a better location, and SA should explore the possibility of
having a voting station there instead.The library should be a quiet
place for students and community members to study and do work. Hav-ing a voting location may interrupt that process for some students.
Students also use the library after classes end and late at night. It’s unclear whether the station would be open at night for those students.
Not all students frequent the library. Some students prefer to work in campus buildings or in residential halls or apartments. SA
may miss a large chunk of students if the only voting station is set up in the library.
More students pass through Schine during the day, so SA would be able to reach a larger audience. If students are busy while walking through the building, seeing the vot-ing station could serve as a reminder to vote. Students may return to Schine at a later time to vote in person, or the voting station may prompt them to log into MySlice and vote online.
Having a physical voting station gives students another way to vote, but having the station in a poor loca-tion defeats the point.
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W atermelon rinds, chicken bones, pizza crust and half a plate of spaghetti land in
the trash. Now add full bagels, cake, steaks and potatoes.
This year, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency has estimated Syracuse University will send 400 tons of food waste to its com-posting site in Camillus, N.Y. That’s much more than any year before. It’s roughly the size of 80 elephants.
OCRRA’s estimate for this year is outrageous, even if it is being saved from the landfill. Four hundred tons means that a lot of food is still being wasted, being picked up and not eaten, just to be thrown away.
The SU Sustainability Division saw this problem and has challenged it with a new campaign to reduce tray waste in the dining centers. Tray waste, or food waste created by patrons of the dining centers, has been pinpointed as the biggest factor for the large amount of food waste.
As an intern at the Sustainability Division, I work in a group with two other interns, working to bring sus-tainable measures to the dining cen-ters. This semester we started out with a survey and tray waste audits, both to measure students’ understanding and actions in the dining centers.
The next step of our campaign is to work through education, creating a general understanding of the posi-tion we are in at SU. The survey and audits have helped us tremendously in gaining perspective of diners.
Mainly we found that students could not identify what tray waste is, what is done with it at SU and how they can cut back waste. Many were not aware of how much a small bit of waste affects a large school.
Food waste in the dining centers, from the kitchen and from tray waste is sent to OCRRA multiple times a week to be composted. When it is finished, Physical Plant brings the compost back to campus to use around the grounds.
Tray waste, the brunt of the food, is comprised of three groups: untouched food, food scraps and inedible rinds.
The third group should be the majority, yet is the smallest amount we found throughout the audits.
Inedible rinds consist of melon rinds, grape stems and any other inedible food parts. Food scraps involves any half-eaten food — some-thing that could have been taken at a smaller portion, perhaps. The third group — untouched food — is exactly what it sounds like: food that was thrown away that was never bitten.
With food scraps and untouched food in first and second places, respec-tively, everyone can take easy steps to reduce food waste. First: Taste, don’t waste, by trying out a small portion of food before piling it high on your plate.
Second: Try dining without a tray. You can still hold the proper nutritional amount of food, and it saves energy and water (from not washing it), as well as cuts back waste without even trying.
Third: Take a second trip to the line. Exercise by walking to get more food. You may not even be hungry after you finish your plate, so why take more at the beginning?
The fourth step is easiest of all: Become more aware of your sur-roundings and habits by watching your eating lifestyles. By constantly exposing yourself to new and old information, you can be in touch with the world and increase sustainability on our campus. Not only will it have positive environmental effects, but positive economical effects.
Let’s treat the centers like our home and give them the respect they deserve.
Meg Callaghan is a junior environmental studies major and writing minor at SUNY-ESF. Her
column appears weekly. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Instead of focusing on the commonalities that unite humanity, we emphasize divisive second-ary differences, he said.
“We have to think more of sameness, of one-ness of humanity,” he urged, drawing on his own experiences.
Being shown affection from youth and to one another is crucial. Anxieties and fears tend to lurk in those who lack affection or care from parents at a young age, the Dalai Lama said. While his mother was an illiterate, uneducated farmer, she instilled in him the fundamental, lifelong guiding principles of compassion and kindness.
The concept of finding personal well-being within ourselves, not through material gain, was another common thread woven throughout his speech.
“Happiness or inner peace is in our self. Not on money, not on power,” he said.
Calling on his own experience, the Dalai
Lama discussed the significant amount of loss in his own lifetime.
“My life, age 16, I lost my own freedom. Age 24, I lost my own country,” he said, referring to China’s occupation of Tibet.
Instead of harboring potentially volatile emotions such as anger and attachment, the Dalai Lama said he has managed to rid himself of them to find inner-calm and tranquility.
“You should not consider tolerance and for-giveness as a sign of weakness,” he assured the audience.
The Dalai Lama also broadened his talk to incorporate the importance of morality in education. While the Dalai Lama emphasized the significance of religion, he conceded that religion will never be universal. But education can be, he said. He proposed science and reason as a secular way of instilling morality in youth.
“The real, existing modern educating system is lacking about moral education,” he said.
The audience communicated their agree-ment with thunderous and adamant applause and cheers.
In addition to his call for using the educa-
tion system to teach morality, the Dalai Lama said now is the time to reverse the hatred that’s haunted the past. The Dalai Lama said he remembers the 20th century as a generation marred by warring and bloodshed.
“The 20th century, through violence, through war — civil war — over 200 millions of people killed,” he said. “The 20th century become century of bloodshed, century of vio-lence.”
The time for the 60- and 70-year-olds — his generation — to undo these conflicts has come and gone. The possibility of a peaceful future lies in the hands of 20- and 30-year-olds, the Dalai Lama insisted.
Before being ushered off to raucous applause and making way for the concert’s musical acts, the Dalai Lama called upon the youth in the audience to work toward a more peaceful exis-tence.
Said the Dalai Lama: “The later part of the 21st century will be better place if you make effort now.”
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By Sarah SchusterSTAFF WRITER
T his year, images old and new come together at the gateway to Armory Square.
The images are part of a project called “Iconic Syracuse,” a collaboration between the Onondaga Historical Association and the Con-nective Corridor.
Each month a different large-scale image will be displayed on a billboard at the gateway of Armory Square. The billboard will feature a his-torical photo of a building along the Connective Corridor as well as a painting of that building.
The project was co-founded by Denise Heck-man, an associate professor of art, design and transmedia at Syracuse University, and Linda Hartsock, director of community engagement and economic development at SU and director of the Connective Corridor.
When someone in the community engagement office realized SU owned the plot of land across
the street from the Warehouse that had a bill-board, the office saw an opportunity to give some-thing back to the community, Heckman said.
“Syracuse University is not in the business of selling ad space,” she said.
Last year, they used the billboard to promote the Connective Corridor. But this year’s theme, “Iconic Image,” is taking a step further, Heck-man said.
In September, the billboard featured a pic-ture of a Victorian fountain that was once located in Fayette Park. The painting accompa-nying it was the work of Greg Mawicke, a senior industrial and interaction design major.
On Oct. 1, this image was replaced by a his-torical picture of the Gridley Building paired with a painting by Jesse Handelman, a junior industrial and interaction design student.
Mawicke and Handelman are the two main artists for this project, and will alternate paint-ings every month.
Handelman has been painting for about five
years, and said painting for the “Iconic Syra-cuse” project will give him good exposure.
“It’s a nice location with lots of traffic,” he said. “This is a great opportunity to get my work out there.”
Students normally work off of archival pic-tures to paint the historical buildings, Heck-man said.
But, for this month’s project, Handelman went to the site for inspiration. He took pictures of the Gridley Building from multiple angles and tried to get a feel for its place in the city.
“I like to let the landscape speak for itself,” he said, “But then add my own perspective with color.”
As industrial and interaction design stu-dents, Heckman said both artists have the abil-ity to understand what happened in the past and reinterpret it.
Dennis Connor, curator of history at the Onondaga Historical Association, chose the his-torical images for each billboard. The OHA is
the primary historical association for the city of Syracuse, and has many collections of historic photographs, Connor said.
For Connor, the billboard’s purpose is show-ing the community the Connective Corridor is more than just a bus route.
“It’s all about the broader idea of trying to get people to expand their vision of what the Connective Corridor is,” he said. “Not just that it’s linking the city, but also that it’s a histori-cal route.”
When the project comes to a close, the paint-ings will be auctioned off. The money will be split between the artists and the OHA, Heckman said.
Connors said he has already seen the proj-ect’s positive effects. Friends have mentioned it to him, wanting to know the location of the scene they saw on the billboard.
“It’s a creative way to get public art out there,” he said. “And it helps show that the actual corridor itself is significant.”
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WISE WORDSBefore Tuesday’s One World Concert, the Dalai Lama addressed the media. Here are a few of his main points:• The Dalai Lama emphasized that he
retired as the political head of Tibet one year ago. When pressed about the num-ber of Tibetans that have self-immolat-ed in the last year, he said, “These sad things are symptoms of some causes,” faulting the Chinese government’s pres-ence in the region.
• While the Dalai Lama is Buddhist, he said different religions and philosophies are important to understanding differ-ent mental dispositions. At the core of all philosophies, he said, are love, for-giveness and tolerance.
• Individuals are responsible for improv-ing the world. One act of goodness multiplied by many can effect long-term change, he said.
• The Dalai Lama encourages people to approach situations with skepticism. “Skepticism brings questions. Ques-tions bring investigation. Investigation brings answers,” he said.
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(CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) THE DALAI LAMA stands and greets the crowd while wearing an SU visor. He gave a talk and Q-and-A session before the One World Concert kicked off. Singer-songwriter Dave Matthews played four songs, including an acoustic John Denver cover. The artists performed John Lennon’s “Imagine” as an ensemble while the Dalai Lama stayed on stage to listen.
because there’s a big-a** light shining in my eyes.”
The comedian filled in the blank spaces between performances with a steady stream of inspirational quips and poked fun at her relationship with the concert’s guest of honor: The Dalai Lama.
“I’m so not that person you’d think is hanging out with the spiritual leader of the world,” Goldberg said with a laugh.
It wasn’t Goldberg’s first time emcee-ing for the Dalai Lama, nor was it Dave Matthews’ first time performing in the company of the spiritual icon. With an acoustic guitar slung across his neck, the singer stood solo on stage.
He launched into a rendition of “Don’t Drink the Water,” confiding in his audi-ence that some lines he’s penned drew inspiration from previous meetings with the Dalai Lama.
“I think I’ve taken a lot of my bet-ter lyrics from His Holiness,” said Mat-thews, nestling his guitar back across his chest.
The upper decks and cheap seats
flickered with flashes from cameras and cellphones as students snapped pictures of the folk singer. Matthews wailed on his guitar and sustained flut-tering high notes that elicited cheers from the crowd.
“They’re all love songs,” Matthews said as a prelude to the rest of his abbre-viated set. “But this is that good, broken-hearted kind of love. Maybe it’s a broken-eardrum kind of love song. It’s one I think I lifted from His Holiness.”
Matthews crooned “Mercy” with careful restraint, closing with a falsetto-laced John Denver cover after joking that “this is a song by a different John.”
The concert then became a blur of per-formers in rapid-fire rotation. A scrag-gly-haired David Crosby blew through rock staples “Deja Vu” and “Long Time Gone.” Natasha Bedingfield, flowing in a silky white dress, smirked and told her drummer to kick it for her hit “Unwrit-ten.” The latest American Idol winner Phillip Phillips strolled on stage, hands in pockets, before belting “Home” with a goofy smile plastered across his face.
“It was completely amazing that Syracuse could pull it all together,” said
Mitchell Mason, a junior public rela-tions major. “Being there with your friends and people from class, you just felt a oneness.”
Concertgoers shed a collective tear when Iranian singer Andy Madadian split a soulful duet with Israeli singer Liel Kolet. The song marked the first time an Israeli and Iranian singer performed together on the same stage, Kolet said.
Kolet ramped up the emotional meter when she shared the stage with the Voices of Peace Choir for a cover of Leon-ard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” stirring the audience members to sway while their heartstrings tugged.
“The entire experience was so power-ful,” Mason said. “Just being able to sing with everyone was completely amazing.”
“Round Here” rounded out the lengthy concert. Counting Crows played a toe-tap-ping, three-song set to end a night stuffed to capacity with music and emotion.
The stage was silent when students finally spilled out of the Carrier Dome concourses, but the feelings of peace were nearly tangible.
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L ittle can motivate me to leave my bed on a cold morning. But for some truly delicious eggs, no destination that I can
drive to easily is too far. That’s why the only reason I got up on Sunday was to get a Jersey sandwich from Mom’s Diner.
I had never been to Mom’s until Saturday morning. That’s right, my roommate and I ate at Mom’s Diner twice in less than 24 hours. We’re not proud, but we’re also not sorry.
In our defense, Mom’s Diner’s Jersey egg sand-wich ($5.39) is one of the best breakfast items I’ve had in Syracuse. Like any other egg sandwich, it comes on a roll with cheese and bacon. Nothing new or special, yet I could write sonnets about it. I’ve been trying to pinpoint exactly what makes the difference, and I’ve realized it was the minor details that I tasted in every bite.
The roll holding it all together was thick and crisp, but soft inside and melded with the juicy, mini omelet in my sandwich. It was so fluffy and soft; I was amazed when I realized
there was gooey cheese oozing from inside. The bacon on top was not as crisp as I usually like it, but the slightly chewy texture was perfect. And what really got my attention was the hash brown patty sitting underneath it all. It was thin and crunchy, but warm with every bite, and added a texture and flavor that would have made the meal mediocre without it.
Before I ate my dream sandwich, I noticed a pile of fist-sized muffins ($2) on the counter. I decided to get a corn muffin because corn muffins are my favorite, if done correctly. If done incorrectly, they’re dry, fall apart at each bite and taste like a pile of crumbs. Thankfully, Mom’s Diner’s muffins were the exact opposite — moist, thick and buttery soft.
Another standout was my roommate’s ham and cheese omelet with breakfast potatoes. Like my sandwich, the omelet was thick, soft and over-flowed with melted cheese and an extra kick of tender ham. I have a very high standard for break-fast potatoes, and Mom’s Diner held up rather well. The edges were crisp despite the inside being a tad mushy for me, but with the addition of salt and
pepper, the potatoes were quite satisfying.Beyond the food, Mom’s Diner has a peculiar
setup. Seating is a free-for-all, and first-come, first-served is the restaurant’s seating policy. On our first trip to Mom’s Diner, we luckily didn’t have to wait too long before we saw a table clear up and pounced on it. We piled up the pre-vious guests’ dishes and then tried to figure out if anyone was going to come clear off our table.
Mom’s Diner also has some qualities that don’t quite fit the diner title. Unlike a diner, the restaurant is not open 24/7 — not even close. It’s open every day until 2:30 p.m., so it’s often packed and slow. After noticing this on Saturday, we made the wise decision to call in our orders and pick them up, but we ended up waiting for our food for 20 minutes because the place was so hectic. And instead of the gum-chewing, middle-aged waitress one has come to accept and expect in diners, orders are placed at the front counter, which includes coffee and the thirst-quenching water I look forward to at a diner.
But the one thing that I noticed more than anything is that no one really seemed to care
much about any of these oddities. The gracious and welcoming staff made everyone comfort-able, and Mom’s Diner patrons seemed to enjoy the freedom from restaurant formality. For them, the diner’s unusual setup adds character to the place and, though the wait adds to your appetite, it is always satisfied to the fullest by Mom’s Diner’s delicious food.
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lauren murphy | asst. photo editorMom’s Diner on Westcott Street offers the Jersey egg sandwich ($5.39), served simply on a roll with cheese and bacon. It provides a delicious option for a weekend brunch.
Despite unconventional seating process, Mom’s delicious food makes for delightful dining experience
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By Colleen BidwillFEATURE EDITOR
Families aren’t always what they seem. As a babysitter watching from the out-
side, Lexy Davis saw a happy family. She observed a mother who struggled until dis-covering her Prince Charming and a father with a stable job.
But after moving to Wyoming for her senior year of high school, Davis was shocked to find out the father had committed suicide.
Less than a year later, Davis found herself at Syracuse University trying to stop a friend from ending his life. Via texts and Skype, he kept saying, “I can’t do this anymore, and I want my life to be over.” She calmed him down and had him visit two weeks later.
Then it clicked: What made her happiest was helping other people.
Mental health has inf luenced many lives, including Davis’, now a junior child and family studies major. Oct. 10 marks World Mental Health Day, a time to raise awareness about mental health issues. This year’s theme is “Depression: A Global Crisis,” an issue that affects more than 350 million people, according to the World Health Organization.
This is the second year Davis has served as president of SU’s chapter of Active Minds. Active Minds seeks to start a conversation and eradicate the stigmas associated with mental health.
Through past experiences and a history of mental health issues in her family, suicide prevention remained important to Davis.
“Everyone goes through hard times, so why don’t we band together to just be like, ‘Hey, it’s OK not to be OK,’” Davis said.
It’s a phrase she frequently repeats. And a phrase Mackenzie Hall echoes, a
phrase that she wants more college students to be comfortable saying.
“You shouldn’t be scared to speak up and say, ‘Hey, I’m really sad and I can’t fix it,’ or, ‘I hate my body and I haven’t been eating,’” Hall said.
Hall, a sophomore anthropology major, joined Active Minds at the end of last year after a conversation with Davis in the Brock-way Dining Center, where they both worked.
In 2003, when Hall was in the third grade, she lost her sister to suicide. At such a young age, she didn’t comprehend what had hap-pened, especially when she was told “it was an accident.” As time passed, she started ques-tioning if it really was an accident and wonder-
ing why her sister did this. Close to her sophomore year in high school,
Hall bypassed her parents and Googled her sister’s name. She found out what happened through her sister’s friend.
Although Hall recovered from depression, deals with anxiety and has friends with simi-lar situations, she acknowledges that mental health is stigmatized, at one time even for her.
Years ago, she wasn’t scared of some-one who was depressed or had anxiety, but rather interested and thought of him or her as “different.”
“But the truth is they’re not different. Everyone is sad sometimes, and sometimes we have bad days. Regardless what your doctors ‘label’ you, it doesn’t make you ‘crazy’ or ‘dif-ferent,’” Hall said.
But being OK doesn’t happen overnight, said William Mellen, president of the SU chap-ter of National Alliance on Mental Illness, the largest mental health grassroots organization. Diagnosed only a few years ago with bipolar I disorder, he leads the organization, which provides support groups and other various events on campus.
It has been an inspiration for Mellen to see what people have accomplished with the heavy bags they’ve carried, especially when employ-ers do discriminate.
But he has watched many students, par-ticularly in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, avoid acknowledging their membership due to the stigmas.
Like these students, Hall once was over-whelmed by the stigma. Until now.
“When my doctor put this label to me, I was ashamed due to this stigma,” Hall said. “I am no longer ashamed. I am here to help others as well as help myself and fight this stigma.”
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“Almost every kid in India loves cricket, and I dearly loved it. And it remains my favorite sport.”
Abhinanden SambasivamSU CRICKET CLUB PRESIDENT
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against area schools such as Rochester Institute of Technology and Cornell. But it’s a challenge for cricket to gain popularity on college campuses and in a country not searching for another sport. Club president Abhinanden Sambasivam esti-mates that 30 to 50 SU students, all Indian students in graduate programs, play in the club throughout the year. The club meets on weekends to practice, or to play if a match is scheduled. If students are around for the summer, the club carries on.
Some players even knew about the club before coming to Syracuse. Before deciding to come to central New York, second-year graduate student Mohit Desai attended an information session near his home in India to learn more about the school. He was given plenty of information, but only asked one question: if Syracuse had a cricket club.
The answer was yes.Growing up, club members found cricket
everywhere they looked. As the game is played on a hard surface, street corners would be filled with kids playing cricket after school in India, team captain Sumit Gangwani said.
With practices and matches throughout the year, cricket was a lifestyle for Gulati and other Indian students who played competitively grow-ing up. In a way, even more than a lifestyle.
“It’s not a game,” Gangwani said. “It’s a religion.”
The Syracuse club doesn’t require the same type of commitment. But the team plays to win. The club defeated the Rochester Cricket Asso-ciation in June, a team that competes against high-level clubs from Canada.
The taste of success leaves the players want-ing more.
“We want to enter the state tournaments,” Gangwani said. “We feel that we’re a good
team, and that we can compete. We always play the same teams, and we want to play different teams.”
But to expand the schedule requires money, and the club budget is currently allocated mostly toward equipment expenses. Cricket gear is inex-pensive in India, where the sport is commonly played, but harder to find and pricier in America, Gangwani said.
The American College Cricket league has a Northeast division, featuring teams from area schools such as the University at Buffalo, Rut-gers, Princeton and Harvard. The Syracuse team is eligible to play in the division, but lacks the funding to do the required traveling.
But joining the league is still the eventual goal for Gangwani and the team.
“Everyone at our school knows about football, knows about basketball,” Gangwani said. “We want to show ourselves and the school that we can play. We want the school to know about cricket.”
Recognition of the sport is not a problem in India. The country is filled with cricket stores similar to American sporting-goods stores, Gang-wani said.
With the recent development of a shorter form of cricket, Twenty20, Sambasivam has seen Indi-an women and children take greater interest in a game known for matches that can last multiple days.
“The duration of play is a barrier,” Sambasi-vam said. “Besides people like me who are really crazy about the sport, nobody’s going to go and watch the five-day version.”
Regardless of game length, the already-sat-urated U.S. sports market is hard to break into, making it more difficult for cricket to take hold. Bob Wilson, director of student support services at Syracuse, grew up playing cricket in North-west England near Liverpool and doesn’t see the game growing much in the United States.
For Wilson, cricket is hurt by the presence of a similar sport in America: baseball.
“Baseball is a throwing and hitting game here, so there’s really no need for cricket to emerge,” Wilson said. “It’s throwing, hitting and catching.”
Wilson was involved with the club when he attended Syracuse from 1970 to 1973, and con-tinued the relationship when he returned to Syracuse to work in 1983. Now the club’s faculty
adviser, Wilson no longer plays with the team, but handles the club’s relationship with SU Recre-ational Services.
He carries many memories, though. Wilson recalls a time in the 1980s when the club arranged a match with a team from Sodus Bay, a small vil-lage about 60 miles northwest of Syracuse.
On the way, he wasn’t quite sure what he was getting himself into.
“I’m in a car going to Sodus Bay, and I’m thinking, ‘There’s no way we can have a cricket match in Sodus Bay,’” Wilson said.
Wilson was surprised to find that the oppo-nent consisted of a group of Caribbean immi-grantsw who had played cricket back home and wished to keep playing.
The immigrants had come to Sodus Bay for the summer to pick fruit, and their summer leisure activity was to play cricket. They established a cricket ground with a few buildings that served as a locker room and a dining area.
Wilson doesn’t remember exactly how the
match was arranged, but knows that he enjoyed the trip.
“We got curry to-go afterward,” Wilson said. “It was like being in the Caribbean; it was tremendous.”
Almost three decades later, the club remains intact, with Wilson and a new generation of stu-dents bringing their home sport to a new country. The sport may not have attained widespread appeal in Central New York, but that doesn’t keep the club from carrying on, year after year.
The club enjoys the sport, and that’s enough.“Almost every kid in India loves cricket,
and I dearly loved it,” Sambasivam said. “And it remains my favorite sport.”
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Freshmen lead SU attack as team makes postseason push
By Jack TruittSTAFF WRITER
Erin Simon will never forget her first goal for Syracuse.
“It was pretty awesome; it was pretty cool to be a header,” Simon said. “I mean you don’t really score headers a lot.”
Simon is one of eight freshmen on the Orange. The ability of the group to adjust to the higher level of play is critical to the team’s success. Through 14 games, the freshmen have risen to the occasion.
The Orange (8-4-2, 5-1-1 Big East) is second in the American division of the Big East conference and is looking to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. The playoffs wouldn’t have been on the team’s radar if it weren’t for the contribu-tions of so many first-year players.
Simon and fellow freshman Jackie Firenze are two of the team’s top-three goal scorers this season, and both are in the top four in points.
“The speed of play and level of play, it’s a lot different than high school or anything like that, so I guess I’ve just had to adapt to the speed,” Firenze said.
Though she started every game this season, Firenze did not get a point in her firwst five games. But she then went on to score four goals in the next nine games, tying her with senior Alyscha Mot-tershead on goals.
“In the beginning of the season, I kind of struggled with finishing so that Long Island goal definitely helped my confidence,” she said.
Simon’s first goal was also in the game against Long Island. Since then, she has started all but one game, and now is tied for third on the team in points.
While the game against LIU was a pivotal moment for Simon, she said it was important for the team in general.
“It was just a turning point for the whole team because I really think we started to improve from there, and step up our game as a whole,” she said.
Head coach Phil Wheddon agreed.“When we played Long Island and Army, those
were games that we really should’ve had more of an impact in overall and I think we challenged the players at that point,” Wheddon said.
Simon and Firenze scored the only goals in the Orange’s most recent game against Pittsburgh, the team’s fourth win in a row.
But it’s not just Simon and Firenze who are con-tributing. Six of the eight freshmen have received playing time this season, and five have had either a goal or an assist.
“I think everyone has become more tactically aware, everyone’s clued in to what we’re trying to do and our style of play, which is a little bit differ-ent than what they’ve done in the past,” Wheddon said. “They’ve bought into what we’re trying to do, they’ve bought into the system and they’re mak-ing an impact, so that’s all I can ask as the coach.”
Simon said it has been a group effort. “Our work and effort have definitely stepped
up a lot,” she said. “The older girls push us to be better players and we make them work harder to make them better players.”
Their closeness off the field has translated to success on it.
The freshmen were already connected going into the season, having used Facebook and other social media to get in touch before the start of preseason practice.
The group’s chemistry has proven to be ben-eficial so far this season for the Orange. Wheddon said he sees the effect the freshmen have had on the team.
“They’re a close-knit group; they work well together,” Wheddon said. “They’re all going to have an impact in the program as they move forward.”
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mitment it took to make weight and I rather him spend his time getting ready for baseball tryouts.”
However, Rob continued to wrestle. To crack the lineup in his freshman year, he had to bulk up from 130 pounds to 145 pounds. Grace Faugno, his mother, worried about his new extreme eating habits that year.
“I hated the dieting and eating aspect of wres-tling,” Grace said.
Three weeks into the season, Rob was moved up to varsity and qualified for the New Jersey Invi-tational Freshman State Wrestling Tournament. He placed fifth in the state, reassuring his parents that wrestling was indeed for him.
However, in his junior season, he sat out 10 months with cauliflower ear, a wrestling injury that causes the outer ear to swell. He had his ear drained twice during that span, staying in the hospital for three days on one occasion.
“It was the worst pain in my life,” Faugno said. “I had to wear my wrestling headgear to bed
because even the touch of my ear to the pillow was too painful.”
In the hospital, Faugno desperately tried to talk the doctors into letting him wrestle at the state tournament, just three days away.
After being released from the hospital, Faugno wrestled Mike McGann, a national finalist for freestyle in the first round of the state tourna-ment. With the score 2-2, heading into the third period, his father remembers McGann jabbing at Faugno’s ear. In a counter move, Faugno unleashed a cement mixer and pinned McGann, getting six points for his team.
“As a father, I couldn’t believe what just hap-pened,” Joseph Faugno said. “Rob was in so much pain that he had tears in his eyes. It was pretty amazing.”
After capping his high school career, Rob missed wrestling. He learned that Syracuse had a wrestling club at an activities fair his freshman year, and by the spring semester, he took over as co-president, staying close to the sport he loved.
Said Faugno: “Wrestling is one of the best deci-sions I’ve ever made in my life.”
an issue for Jordan, who said he has great respect for Boeheim’s and Hopkins’ methods.
Jordan, now the No. 16 point guard and No. 64 overall recruit in the country, according to ESPN, wasn’t always a star. He didn’t play AAU basketball until the ninth grade, which is much later than most players of his caliber.
That’s when Philly Pride director Kamal Yard finally brought him aboard. Yard had watched Jordan play for more than four years on the playground and in recreational leagues, but couldn’t get him to join the Pride.
In the ninth grade, that all changed.Yard made his case for why Jordan should
play for the Pride yet again. This time, the message clicked with Jordan. Now that he was in high school and getting serious about basketball, he knew playing for the Pride would help take his game to the next level.
“He’s the classic late bloomer at AAU,” Yard said. “He’s relatively new to the whole AAU thing, which actually is really good, because he’s not spoiled by the process.”
Jordan’s first dominant game as a member of the Pride came during his sophomore sea-son. The Pride traveled to Pittsburgh to play in a tournament. Yard wanted his team to get as much out of the experience as it possibly could, so he asked the tournament director to play Team Takeover, the No. 1 AAU team in the entire country.
Yard pushed his team to “shoot for the big fish,” and he knew Jordan would do
everything in his power to help his team win the game.
Jordan was up for the challenge, dropping 30 points and keeping his outmatched team within striking distance for the majority of the game before Team Takeover pulled away.
“Rysheed was unbelievable,” Yard said. “He was slashing and finishing over the top of those guys and making his teammates better. He was highly spirited and highly competitive. Defensively he was a thorn in the a**.”
Yard said the game against Team Take-over helped elevate Jordan’s game immensely and put him in the national spotlight.
“It was really like his coming-out party,” he said. “Everything mushroomed from there.”
Two years later, Jordan’s game has contin-ued to develop. FOXSportNext.com recruit-ing analyst Evan Daniels said Jordan excels at getting into the paint and finishing around the rim. He uses his size and strength to maneuver around defenders and convert at the basket.
Both Daniels and ESPN recruiting analyst Dave Telep believe Jordan will be used as a combo guard in college and can help a team right away.
Telep said Jordan has a lot of potential, but still has to improve certain elements of his game, such as his jump shot and passing ability.
“He has innate physical ability to get into the paint,” Telep said. “I think the next step is adding some pace into his game, slowing down and being a game manager.”
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FRESH LEGSSyracuse’s eight freshmen have been crucial to the team’s 8-4-2 start to the season. Erin Simon and Jackie Firenze have been especially important as the team looks to get back into the postseason. Here’s a look at some of their stats so far this season:
PLAYER GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
Simon 3 2 8Firenze 4 0 8
BROTHERLY LOVEPoint guard recruit Rysheed Jordan could become the latest Philadelphia-area native to join the Syracuse program. Here’s a look at some notable former and current Orange players to come from the city:
PLAYER YEARS Hakim Warrick 2001-05 Rick Jackson 2007-11Scoop Jardine 2007-12Dion Waiters 2010-12Rakeem Christmas 2011-
SP ORT S
By Trevor HassSTAFF WRITER
Over the past five years, Syracuse has been a mecca for talented basketball players from Philadelphia.
Head coach Jim Boeheim and assistant coach Mike Hopkins have lured a star-studded group to come play for the Orange, including Dion Waiters, Scoop Jardine and Rick Jackson.
Philadelphia native Rysheed Jordan may be the next player to join that list. Jordan, a senior guard at Vaux Roberts High School, will attend Orange Madness at Syracuse on Friday night as part of his official visit to campus. Syracuse is one of seven schools on Jordan’s radar. He said Friday’s visit will help deter-mine whether SU is the right school for him.
Jordan’s list was originally at 11 schools, but he recently cut it down to seven: Alabama, Rutgers, St. Johns, Syracuse, Temple, UCLA and Xavier. He said attending Syracuse is defi-nitely a possibility, largely because of the players from Philadelphia who have come before him.
“Out of all the Philly players that went to Syracuse, a lot have gone on to play at the next level,” Jordan said. “I think Syracuse is like Philly. When I’ve talked to Philly players they’ve told me how great it is.”
Watching Dion Waiters make the jump from a dependable role player to one of the most electrifying players in college basketball and the eventual No. 4 pick in the NBA draft was par-ticularly appealing for Jordan.
Syracuse’s style of play and the way the Orange gets up and down the floor are also selling points for Jordan. Playing in a 2-3 zone is not
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By Kevin Prise STAFF WRITER
Omesh Gulati had plenty of experience playing cricket before he
came to Syracuse. Growing up in India, Gulati played on his high
school team for five seasons and served as captain.
“The practice was intense,” Gulati said. “Six hours long, 1 p.m.
to 7 p.m., twice a week. Year-round, too.”
Gulati and other Indian students didn’t stop playing
once they came to Syracuse. The hours spent playing
have decreased, but the love for the game remains.
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SU cricket club remains popular with international students for more than 30 years
By Bryan RubinCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rob Faugno took months to make his college decision. He could either continue his wrestling career or focus primarily on academics.
Between cutting weight and inju-ries throughout high school, the sport had already taken its toll on Faugno. And his parents didn’t want to see him go through it for another four years.
“We decided I’d hang up my wres-tling shoes and concentrate on my education, which is the most important thing for me,” Faugno said.
While he may no longer wrestle like he used to, he has embraced his “coach-
ing-like” role as the co-president of the Syracuse University club wrestling team. The sophomore, who is planning to double major in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and market-ing, attends every practice and teaches the new members basic techniques.
“He is definitely a good role model to follow with all the experience he brings,” said Rob Zollo, the club’s co-president.
Faugno always looked up to his uncle, Bartolo “Buddy” Valastro Jr., star of TLC’s “Cake Boss.” Entrenched in the family bakery business, Faugno was there all the time. His parents both worked at the bakery full-time
and appeared on most episodes of the show, which started in 2009.
Wrestling was his outlet outside the bakery.
His career started in sixth grade when he learned about the sport in gym class. He knew nothing about wrestling before that day, but attended a tryout for the school team because a friend invited him.
Valastro Jr., his uncle, noticed Faugno’s passion for wrestling as his nephew tried to find his own niche.
“I told him straight: You will never accomplish anything if you don’t put in the hard work,” Valastro Jr. said. “If you’re not willing to put in the work,
you don’t deserve the reward.”Wrestling was a hobby for Faugno
in middle school.By his freshman year at Seton Hall
Prep, a Roman Catholic boy’s high school in West Orange, N.J., Faugno played football and planned on trying out for the baseball team. Wrestling had become his third sport.
After watching his son wrestle in middle school for three years, Joseph Faugno was ready for him to give up wrestling and focus on baseball.
“I wrestled when I was in high school and didn’t want him to wrestle,” Joseph Faugno said. “I knew the com-
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