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N • First time in foreverThe University Senate, SU’s academic governing body, held its first meeting of the semester Wednesday in the Maxwell Audi-torium.Page 3
P • Miss (U)SASU alumna and former SA Pres-ident Allie Curtis has used a platform of empowering women to lead her to the Miss America pageant as Miss Rhode Island.Page 9
S • Enter SandmanMariano Rivera III finished his first season with the Auburn Double-days. He’s developing himself as a pitcher seperate from his legend-ary father.Page 16
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SU alumna plays key role in designing One World Trade Center
By Rachel Sandlerasst. news editor
Ashiny new skyscraper — the fourth tallest in the world — stands in the middle of New York City’s financial district. The building’s presence on the
city’s skyline is unmistakable. It’s a modern architectural feat and a symbol of human ingenuity.
But it’s also the site of an extraordinary tragedy that happened 14 years ago.
One World Trade Center, often referred to as “Freedom Tower,” opened in November 2014 and is located where the original World Trade Center once towered over New York City, before it was targeted in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nicole Dosso, a Class of 1996 Syracuse University alumna and graduate of the School of Architecture, is one of the minds behind the One World Trade Center and
is the architect that “finally got the damned thing built,” according to a Fast Company article.
The New York City native was always surrounded by the urban architecture of the city while growing up, she said. That’s why she wanted to become an architect. When it was time to choose an architecture school, SU was the obvious choice.
“I had heard that their program was very well-balanced — that it wasn’t just focused on design,” she said. “That was pretty much what drew me there.”
Standing at 1,776 feet tall, 1 WTC serves as a reminder of 9/11. Still, pieces of the attacks surround the skyscraper. There are slabs of the original World Trade Center inte-grated into the design of the new building. The recently completed 9/11 memorial and museum is also nearby.
“A decision was made very early on to leave these slabs,
The 9/11 Museum and Memorial, which is located on Ground Zero in New York City, opened to the public on Sept. 11, 2011. Around three years later, the One World Trade Center, designed by architect and Class of 1996 Syracuse University alumna Nicole Dosso, was completed. The building stands at approximately 1,776 feet tall, serving as a reminder of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. courtesy of lukas halloran
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Juice Jam conflicts with holidayAnnual event to take place on same day as Rosh Hashanah
By Claire Moranstaff writer
At noon on Sunday, Juice Jam starts. At sundown that same day, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, also begins.
“Because the holiday starts after sundown, technically it ’s not scheduled on the holiday, but certainly students are going to be enjoying themselves on Sunday,” said Brian Small, the executive director of Hillel at Syracuse University. “They ’re going to be wrapped up with the big event and all the other things that are going on and I think a lot of them may
SU falls to No. 61 in rankings
By Alexa Torrensasst. news editor
Syracuse University fell to the No. 61 spot in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report National University rank-ings, which were released Wednes-day morning.
SU, which earned the No. 58 spot last year, shares the No. 61 spot this year with four other universities: Clemson University, Purdue University – West
University drops three spots in U.S. News and World Report rankings
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September 20019/11 attacks
May 2002Ceremony ends the official 9/11
cleanup and recovery period
April 2006 Construction begins on One
World Trade Center
September 20119/11 Museum and Memorial
opens
November 2014One World Trade Center is
completed
May 2015One World Trade Center observation deck opens
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By Clayton Dyercontributing writer
We are all familiar with the var-ious alcoholic beverage trends of late – Fireball exploding into the liquor scene several years ago, the monstrosity that was Bud Light’s Lime-A-Rita and that friend of yours who pretended to be a huge IPA fan for one summer.
The beverage that has been making the most waves this summer is hands down hard root beer, with the two titans of the emerging industry being Boston Beer Co.’s Coney Island Hard Root Beer and Small Town Brewery’s Not Your Father’s Root Beer.
I tasted the Coney Island Hard Root Beer, which hit shelves just two months ago, as it’s more readily available in the Syracuse area. I had no idea what to expect from this beverage. The beer looks exactly like a normal root beer when poured into a glass, lots of carbonation with no head and it smells sweet and syrupy.
The sudden explosion of alcoholic root beer is reflective of the beer
industry’s effort to create sweeter drinks that appeal to adults under 35. That demographic has spear-headed the consumer shift from beer to liquor, costing the beer industry nearly 10 percent of its share in the alcoholic beverage market in the past 15 years, according to The Wall Street Journal.
My first sip of the Coney Island Hard Root Beer pleasantly surprised me; the beverage tastes almost exactly like a normal root beer with only the faintest taste of alcohol. A few sips later I came to truly enjoy the drink, which has a rich, sweet flavor with hints of vanilla. Coney Island Hard Root Beer is no pushover when it comes to alcohol content either with a surprisingly high ABV of 5.8 percent. So, although it may taste like you’re drinking a regular root beer, don’t be surprised if you feel a little tipsy after a few.
Only time will tell if hard root beer is here to stay, but if Coney Island Hard Root Beer is any indica-tion, my bet is that it will be.
Hard root beer packs sweet, strong flavors
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Coney Island Hard Root Beer tastes like the sweet soda, but packs a high alcohol content of 5.8 percent. The beer has a dark pour, hints of vanilla and almost no head. logan reidsma photo editor
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For fundThe National Science Foundation awarded SU a grant worth more than $350,000 to fund a full-time campus engineer position.See dailyorange.com
SU takes Miss AmericaFormer Student Association President Allie Curtis is competing in Miss America Sunday at 9 p.m. Curtis is representing Rhode Island.See Monday’s paperN
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STABBING ON MARSHALL Four people not affiliated with Syracuse University were stabbed on Marshall Street in front of Acropolis Pizza House around 2:35 a.m. on Sunday. All four male victims are expected to survive their injuries.
See Tuesday’s paper
NEW IDEA The Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (RvD IDEA) program was shut down in late July. How-ever, Syracuse University has plans to transition IDEA into a larger program with further details to be announced in October.
See Tuesday’s paper
UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP Lt. Col. Jason Warner is now in charge of the Army ROTC pro-gram at Syracuse University as the Professor of Military Science. Warner replaced Lt. Col. Michael Bianchi, who retired after 21 years of service.
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Organization holds first meeting, elects officialsBy Matthew Feldmancontributing writer
Amidst almost a dozen boxes of pizza and refreshments, the Syracuse Uni-versity Graduate Student Organiza-tion held its first meeting of the 2015-16 school year Wednesday night.
The meeting, which took place in the Life Sciences Complex, was held to educate members on the happenings of the organization, as
well as to elect new representa-tives for this school year.
GSO President Can Aslan began the meeting with a general over-view of the organization and its importance to SU.
“The GSO represents all graduate students at SU; we are mainly the bridge between you and the univer-sity administration,” Aslan said to the audience of graduate students.
Aslan discussed several initia-
tives the organization had under-taken since last semester. Some items of discussion were the Aca-demic Strategic Plan Oversight Committee, the Student A ffairs Adv isor y Board, the Sy racuse Welcome shuttle service and the new university-wide health insur-ance policy.
Aslan spoke strongly on the health insurance policy, lamenting the fact that GSO was only given
representation after important decisions about the policy had been made.
“I have been serving on the Health Insurance Committee since May, and we received repre-sentation on the board only after these decisions had been made in March,” Aslan said.
He mentioned that the organi-zation has been receiving many
University Senators gather inside the Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday evening for the first University Senate meeting of the semester. During the 20-minute meeting, members discussed future plans and committee chair nominations. ziad abougoash staff photographer
By Annie Palmer development editor
The first University Senate meet-ing of the semester lasted only 20 minutes and contained little general discussion, save for a few announcements.
Most of Wednesday’s meeting was conducted in senate subcom-mittees scattered throughout Maxwell Auditorium, where sen-ators discussed upcoming plans and committee chair nominations.
Chancellor Kent Sy verud, who typically attends senate meetings,
was out of town for an ACC Pres-idents and Chancellors Meeting, said Senate Moderator Can Isik.
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy gave a brief report on the Academic Strategic Plan, a part of Syverud’s Fast Forward ini-
tiative that was completed in July. The university-wide plan focuses
on improving the student experi-ence, advancing research, support-ing innovation and other areas.
Liddy encouraged senators to use the Fast Forward website to become involved in the implemen-tation of the Academic Strategic Plan, which is subtitled “Trajec-tory to Excellence,” said Deborah Pellow, professor of anthropology.
“ We have this new pla n, so now we decide what needs to hap-pen,” Pellow said.
The university is now looking
for students, faculty and staff to become a part of working groups charged with developing specific goals for the plan and how to achieve those goals.
Members of the SU community can nominate up to three people they feel are qualified to be a part of the working group until Sept. 14.
After Liddy spoke to the senate, each subcommittee discussed whom they plan to elect as chair. The Library Committee, which is one of 18 senate subcommittees, is close to selecting a chair, Pellow said.
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Senators discuss semester plans at 1st meeting
By Kenneth Mintzcontributing writer
A new Amazon Prime feature may prove to be positive for small busi-nesses, but potentially limiting for buyers looking to take advantage of the site’s two-day shipping.
The recently released Prime fea-ture is known as “ship by region.” Currently, all items purchased through Prime can be shipped nationwide, but the update will allow sellers who ship from their own factories to limit the radius to a certain distance.
Jammin’ outJuice Jam 2015 will take place Sunday at Skytop Field. Buses will begin running from College Place and Schine Student Center at 11 a.m.See dailyorange.com
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what is usen?The University Senate is the aca-demic governing body of the uni-versity and is made up of faculty, students, staff and administration members. The majority of the work is done in 17 standing committees, which report to the full senate at least once a year.
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EPA’s toothless Title VI leads to local environmental injustice
In theory, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination of any kind in relation to federal financial assistance.
Its creation was seen as a monumental step for-ward toward achieving greater environmental justice. However, in practice, it all too often fails to protect against environmental inequality. Ten years ago, Aggie Lane presented at the Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office, detailing why constructing a sewage plant in her low-income, largely African-Amer-ican Southside Syracuse neighborhood directly contradicted Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an Aug. 31 article from Truthout detailed. The EPA rejected Lane’s case, approving the construction of the sewage plant. Title VI, a law created to prevent discrim-ination based on race, was created to avoid situations exactly like this. However, when push comes to shove, history has shown it to lack teeth and fail to uphold basic principles of environmental justice. Ten years removed, this case still sheds light onto the uphill battle being waged by marginalized communities
fighting for their supposed rightful justice. For anyone unfamiliar with the term environmental justice, the basic idea is this: all people should receive equal treatment in rela-tion to their environment. In this particular case, a sewage plant certain to pollute the adja-cent creek and afflict the overall health of the community was built in a poor, predominantly African-American neighborhood. “It just so happens that we live in a place where race and class are beyond correlated,” said Charisse L’Pree, an assistant communica-tions professor at Syracuse University. Lane and fellow community members filed an appeal to the EPA, citing a similar plant planned to be built in a predominantly white neighborhood in the north side of Syracuse. Here, the traditional sewage plant was not built, instead replaced by an alternative,
less-polluting facility. After an initial denial by the EPA, Lane and her community members’ appeal was rejected and their additional 650-page addendum ignored. Completely ignored. “If no one in this community has any com-munication with their officials, that’s another problem layered onto this. When you’re not represented, that’s systemic social injustice, and because you are not represented, you are not being listened to,” said L’Pree. Environmental injustice is an ugly, recurring reality. According to the Center For Public Integrity, since 1996, 264 complaints have been filed with the EPA on behalf of com-munities of color arguing that they are being subject to environmental injustice. Of those 264 complaints, 64 cases were opened for investigation. Out of the 64 cases opened for investigation, only 16 concluded with EPA intervention. It is unlikely that all 264 cases merited an acknowledgement of dis-crimination, but 16/264 seems awfully minute for a recurring problem so clearly present in
the definition of Title VI. This Southside Syracuse neighborhood is “one of the most organized, effective and politically aggressive communities I’ve ever worked with,” said Alma Lowry, an environ-mental lawyer who represented the Syracuse residents, in an article from Truthout. Even still, it lost the battle to prevent the construction of the Midland Avenue sewage plant. With a subsequent appeal all but impossible, the EPA is to blame. “If that kind of community can’t make Title VI work for them,” Lowry said, “I don’t know who could.” This particular case had all of the com-ponents to be accepted by the EPA and its appeal did not even merit a response. Moving forward, the lessons learned must not be lost. They indicate a foundational inadequacy in the way the EPA enforces Title VI, and must be changed. Azor Cole is a senior public relations major
and geography minor. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @azor_cole.
AZOR COLEDARE TO BE A FORCE OF NATURE
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Democratic presidential hopefuls must consider black issues in 2016
The blue ticket will not automatically guarantee the African-American vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Though this has always been the case, Dem-ocratic politicians are generally quick to assume that their party affiliation speaks for itself when it comes to racking up minority votes. For the past several decades, Democrats have gained as much as 90% of the black vote, contributing to almost a quarter of the over-all voter base. Republicans, on the other hand, have all but given up on reaching this demographic and are focusing more on solidifying their base with enough political moderation to pull a swing state or two their way. But this trend could change in 2016. Last week, Black Lives Matter, an organi-zation formed in 2013 to address issues like racial inequality and police brutality, caused a stir in the Democratic primary by disavow-ing all political ties. The move comes after the Democratic National Committee, addressing BLM’s criti-
cism of the party, adopted a resolution in full support of the organization. And despite the fact that the movement is starting to alienate its biggest supporters in the Democratic pri-mary, these candidates need BLM more than BLM needs them. BLM has previously roiled the Democratic Party and demonstrated at campaign events, interrupting both former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and Vermont Senator Ber-nie Sanders. These occurrences send a message to black voters: there is no need to vote Democrat if the party doesn’t fully address certain issues. In a Washington Post Op-Ed, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors states, “For far too long, the Democratic Party has milked the Black vote while creating policies that com-pletely decimate Black communities.” Cullors
continued to expose a hollow relationship between the party and African-Americans. Due to the long history of a majority black support of the Democratic Party, major elec-tions can fail to touch on issues important to black voters, which often never even make it to Washington. What’s left over is an assumption - one that allows politicians to graze over this demographic and spend their energy wooing less predictable voters. But simultaneously, the more BLM resists mainstream politics, the less support they will receive from the Democratic Party. BLM’s behavior toward candidates histor-ically known for supporting African Amer-icans leads certain pundits to spell doom for the movement’s effectiveness. Released footage of a private meeting between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and BLM activists shows Clinton blatantly frustrated with the group’s methodology when activists continued to pressure the Democratic front-runner to take on their demands as a part of
her campaign platform. However, moments like these make the lack of African-American issues in the elec-tion readily apparent, and candidates like Clinton know voters are taking notice. This could be an important turning point for Republicans, who could take advantage of this gap and attempt to sway more of the black vote. The most outspoken Republican candidate towards racial inequality is Ken-tucky Senator Rand Paul, but he only scratch-es the surface on institutional racism without concrete policy. With only months before Iowa, Black Lives Matter is in an authoritative position in which they can fiercely challenge Demo-crats to take up their cause so as not to risk a schism between the party and its historically black supporters.
Keely Sullivan is a senior broadcast and digital journalism and French dual major.
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Focus must be on schools’ ranks, not SU’sscribble
In the U.S. News and World Report National University rankings released Wednesday morning, Syr-acuse University fell from No. 58 to a current ranking of No. 61. Despite the drop, this news should not be of major concern to students. Though united under the name of Syracuse University, the uni-versity is distinctly sectioned off among each of its specialized pro-grams and colleges. Because of this, the slight drop in ranking of SU as a single institution should not alarm the students when the university houses several professional schools and colleges that are consistently highly ranked. Professional schools on campus, including the School of Architecture, the School of Information Studies, the Martin J. Whitman School of
Management, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Com-munications, are each well-regarded within their respective industries. When most students studying in the professional schools graduate and apply for jobs, the name of their specific college will precede that of the university. In the same way, students experi-ence the larger part of their academic careers at SU in their specialized programs. Therefore, the standing of the university as one entity does not necessarily apply to a student in the Whitman School, whose undergrad-uate business school was just ranked in the top 50 by the U.S. News and World Report for 2016. Though students must be more invested in the rankings of their
specific college than that of the university, it is important that the university continues to foster a spirit of consistent improvement to its aca-demic programs and its prestige as an institution of higher education. In his inaugural speech last year, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced his plans to improve the College of Arts and Sciences, to strengthen and build it into “an unrivaled” centerpiece of the university. Focusing on the school’s largest college will help its ranking, adding to the list of well-respected professional programs on campus. As the university works toward universal improvement, the rank-ings of the professional schools should take precedent over that of the university in its entirety when it comes to the academic and profes-sional concerns of SU students.
In an industry where leaders have failed to offer well-round-ed representations of women
in mainstream media, Marvel is ahead of the curve. Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” set to premiere on Netflix later this year, is yet another addition to an increasingly diverse Marvel cinematic universe. The show has not even come out yet and it is still stirring up excitement. Hollywood is already buzzing about “Jessica Jones” as one of the most antici-pated shows of this coming season and diehard comic fans have leaked alleged episode titles on Reddit. This projected success, in addi-tion to the positive reception of the new Marvel television series “Agent Carter,” whose protagonist is a woman, should prove to Hollywood executives and fandom naysayers
that female superheroes can hold their own with the boys. The title character of “Jessica Jones,” played by Krysten Ritter, is a retired superhero who takes up detec-tive work in New York City. Jones is described as a tough and gritty protag-onist – an anti-hero, if you will. The fact that Jessica Jones is getting her own show on Netflix is progressive because Marvel tends to favor male superheroes when it comes to live-action adaptations of their comics. The longest-running example of this gendered tug-of-war is the mystery surrounding whether or not Black Widow will finally get her own movie.
While no studio has any obliga-tion to follow the whims of their fans, it is curious that out of approximately 50 live-action Marvel movies, only one focuses primarily on a woman: Elektra, starring Jennifer Garner, which came out over 10 years ago. This gap makes Jones’ leap from page to screen even more noteworthy because her character will be fully explored in a full season – which is much more than can be said about most other Marvel female characters. It is true that Marvel has put some really cool superheroines on the big screen. Storm, Rogue, The Phoe-nix and Mystique practically run the X-Men. The Invisible Woman, Pepper Potts, Dr. Jane Foster, Lady Sif, Darcy Lewis, Gamora, Scarlet Witch, and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy are each smart, clever, loveable and dangerous in their own way.
However, all of these fantastic female characters have appeared in minimized roles next to their male counterparts. The presence of these women was not meaningless, but their screen time was limited. Addi-tionally, while romance is never a bad thing, it’s interesting to note how much of that narrow representation is used up on entertaining sexual ten-sion as opposed to saving the world or complex character development. While Jones’ story in particular is not for kids, having a formidable and multifaceted character like Jones benefits female Marvel fans of all ages. Jones will contribute to the push from women who produce and consume comic books for more empowering representations of their gender. This push led to the reintro-duction by Marvel of the Norse god Thor as Lady Thor, and Ms. Marvel
as a practicing Muslim teenager named Kamala Khan, not the for-mer blonde-haired, blue-eyed Carol Danvers. But while these advance-ments are noteworthy, there is more room for improvement when it comes to creating and maintain-ing a gender-inclusive brand. The demand for more superher-oines is not setting a fandom up for a battle of the sexes. It’s more sim-ple than that: there’s nothing wrong with male superheroes, but it is empowering for women and girls to have favorites that look like them, and to let them know that they have the capacity to be badass, too.
Caroline Colvin is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly.
She can be reached at [email protected] and followed
on Twitter at @f kacaro.
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remnants of the existing WTC site,” Dosso said.As technical director of a distinguished
architecture hand urban planning firm, Skid-more, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Dosso worked on and helped design 1 WTC from when the designs were completed in 2007 to when the project was finished in its entirety in late 2014.
The greatest moment while working on 1 WTC, Dosso said, was when the building made it to ground level.
“It’s interesting how the press didn’t per-ceive getting to ground level as a major mile-stone,” she said. “But professionals understood its importance because some of the greatest technical challenges were below grade.”
Navigating the politics of designing and constructing such an important building also presented challenges for Dosso, because of the number of people involved in the building pro-cess and the hierarchy in making key decisions.
Dosso added that dealing with the Port Authority, the Durst Organization, consultants, clients and other construction in the area made the process unusually complex and slow.
“If you start to get caught up in all of that, you can become completely overwhelmed,” she said.
After seven years of construction, 1 WTC was finally completed, and now, Dosso said, it’s “one of the most recognizable towers in the world.”
Within the first few months after 9/11, Dosso
also worked on 7 World Trade Center, another building in the area that had to be rebuilt after 9/11. The building was completed in 2006.
“That building holds a very precious place in my professional career,” Dosso said. “Every-body was so mindful. Everybody’s heart was in the right place.”
She added that in the immediate after-math of 9/11, everyone she worked with on the rebuilding effort was “bringing about a positive energy in a midst of despair.”
Altogether, Dosso has spent the better part of her career dealing with the physical aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in some way or another, a fact that was made most apparent about five months after the completion of 1 WTC, she told Fast Company.
Dosso said she attended an event in May at the 9/11 museum before it opened. As she was walking out of the event, and standing on Memorial Plaza, Dosso looked up at 1 WTC, the skyscraper she helped build.
“I had to stop in my tracks for a second. I was very moved,” Dosso said.
make the decision not to actively participate in services or actively participate in our dinner.”
University Union knew about the conf lict, but couldn’t avoid it because of construction at Skytop Field, said UU Public Relations Co-Director Alli Reich. Rapper Big Sean is set to headline the annual event and will be joined by EDM artist Oliver Heldens, rapper ILoveMakonnen, alternative pop duo Matt and Kim, indie pop singer BØRNS and EDM artist SNBRN.
“Obviously, we never mean to plan an event on a holiday, but unfortunately this year it just happened,” Reich said. “It was I guess the only time that we could really do it
the way that we really can, the way that the festival is meant to be and we can really fully execute everything that we needed to.”
Reich said she had not reached out to Hillel about the conf lict, but that she would be “more than happy to have a conversation with them if they would like to speak about it.”
Small said he plans to reach out to UU after the holy days. He said this is not the first time that Jewish students have had to make a choice between a university event and observing a holiday.
For the past two years, football games have been scheduled on Yom Kippur. Small said communication with the university has improved since the football game scheduling conf licts partially because Hillel made its concerns known.
“We had to vocally say that there’s enough
weekends, and there’s enough time, and there’s enough football games, and there’s enough space on campus where we can all get along and figure out a scheduling that doesn’t offend anybody, that doesn’t hurt anybody, that doesn’t block anybody’s ability to do big events on campus,” Small said.
He added that Hillel was contacted about this year’s Mayfest because the event almost fell on the first night of Passover, which would have prohibited Hillel from hosting their annual Seder in the Dome. Small said they were able to reach a consensus that worked for all parties involved.
Small added that the conf licts have allowed students to think about what Juda-ism means to them.
“If Rosh Hashanah is so important to a stu-dent, Juice Jam shouldn’t matter,” Small said.
“If Yom Kippur is so important to a student, then the football game shouldn’t matter.”
David Kimelman is one of those students who will have to make these choices. Kimel-man, a former Hillel board member, said he will be going to Juice Jam and then attending services. He said most students he has talked to plan to go to Juice Jam and then go to services if they can.
He added that some students who would have wanted to go home for the weekend now have to choose between that and Juice Jam.
“It would be nice if it could be changed,” Kimelman said. “That being said, I do under-stand a lot of different restrictions go into this and though it’s not ideal, right now I’m not as upset about it as I might be if we see that this is a pattern.”
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Lafayette, Southern Methodist University and the University of Georgia.
The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry also ranked lower on the 2016 list. SUNY-ESF fell 13 spots from their spot last year at No. 76 to No. 89. SUNY-ESF is one of three top-ranked SUNY schools on the Best National Universities list.
The top four ranked schools held their spots from last year’s list. Princeton Univer-
sity stayed on top at No. 1, with Harvard Uni-versity and Yale University taking the second and third spots, respectively. Columbia Uni-versity, Stanford University and the Univer-sity of Chicago all remain tied for fourth.
The annual rankings factor in each uni-versity’s acceptance rate, class size, freshman retention rate and five most popular majors, according to the U.S. News and World Report website. The rankings also list each school’s tuition and fees, enrollment and setting, along with a brief description of the school.
When news broke of the new program, buyers initially became concerned that this would limit their $99/year Prime subscrip-tion to fewer and fewer sellers, according to a Sept. 1 GeekWire article. Amazon quickly addressed the misunderstanding.
Almost 40 million of Amazon’s customers subscribe to its Prime service, according to a Feb. 3 USA Today article. The site boasts a 50 percent discount for college students inter-ested in purchasing a membership, making it
affordable for students on a budget.“They ship really quickly,” said Andrew
Caplan, a freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Of the many the packages that are sent to SU’s campus each day, Lilibeth Wolfe, a main desk assistant at Sadler Hall and a student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, said most of them come from Amazon. About 150 to 200 packages are typically delivered during her four-hour shift, she said, but added that, “it depends on the day.”
emails from international students regard-ing the policy, and the group has been advo-cating to the university on their behalf.
Sam Sallade, president of external affairs for GSO, spoke after Aslan about recent events, such as summer orientations and a picnic that the GSO held this past summer. Sallade said in total, more than 800 SU students attended the picnic.
She also discussed the next event to be put on by GSO: a wine tasting on Friday, Sept. 18 from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at The Inn Complete, located on Skytop Road.
After she was done speaking, the orga-nization voted unanimously to approve her appointment as vice president of exter-nal affairs.
The next GSO meeting will be on Sept. 30, with meetings continuing every three weeks until the end of the semester.
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American flags and roses can be found on and around the Ground Zero 9/11 Memorial in New York City to honor those lost in the tragedy. The memorial is located where the Twin Towers once stood, to commemorate the 9/11 attacks. chase guttman asst. photo editor
I had to stop in my tracks for a second. I was very moved.Nicole Dossosu alumna and architect
John Coggiola, also a member of the Library Committee, said the commit-tee plans to meet with the new dean of SU Libraries soon.
Coggiola added that he hopes to strengthen the relationship between the committee and the libraries to improve research opportunities for students.
SU named David Seaman as Dean of
Libraries in June — a move that Pellow said has made “the library staff all very happy.”
A recent report from the Senate Budget Committee said that in order for SU to be among the Top 50 Association of Research Libraries, it would need “an infusion of $7,000,000 plus regular increases” to bring SU equal to No. 50, which is currently held by the University of Notre Dame.
SU is currently at No. 84 in the Association of Research Libraries’ ranking of peer institutions.
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RIDIN’ SOLO Santa Clara University pioneers driverless car testing
By Brigid Kennedystaff writer
Driverless cars may be coming in the near future.
Auro Robotics, a Silicon Valley start-up headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, has pioneered a new driverless shuttle that
is currently undergoing its first trial run at Santa Clara University. The electric shuttles, which Christopher Kitts, associate professor
of mechanical engineering and head of the robotics program at SCU, described as “supped-up golf carts,” use laser scanners and cameras to generate a complete 360-degree view of their surroundings, according to a release from SCU.
The shuttles can start and stop autonomously, and are able to recalculate route, speed and direction when they sense pedestrians in their path.
As part of the pilot program that begins this fall, engineers will ride in the vehicles over the course of three months to monitor “technology and safety as well as the user experience,” according to the release.
As a test arena, SCU was no accidental choice, Kitts said. Auro Robotics approached the private institution because of its ideal pedestrian campus and ability to bypass government approval and move quickly.
Additionally, SCU is in a prime location for Silicon Valley ventures. “There’s a lot of interest in SCU from being in Silicon Valley,” Kitts said.
“We are part of the fabric and get to interact with it.”As a professor, Kitts said he is excited for his students to interact with a
company making some serious waves in the robotics field.“Auro Robotics is using very innovative technology, which gets my
interest from both the robotics point of view and innovation point of view,” he said. “For the students in my lab, having them see a professional version of this up close and personal is pretty interesting.”
SCU and Auro will further collaborate this semester as part of the university ’s innovation and entrepreneurship program, which aims to expose students to industry professionals via a series of extracurricu-lar activities.
This year’s agenda for the program includes a technical seminar, an industry design challenge and an industry mentor reception, all of which are in collaboration with Auro Robotics, Kitts said.
Christopher Shay, vice president for operations at the university, said in an email that he is excited to have the autonomous driver technology on campus for its ability to accommodate almost anyone, whether it is “an injured athlete, a staff member with mobility concerns or an elderly patron of the arts.”
“This mobility, while very useful for the average individual, would rev-olutionize movement for students/staff/faculty/visitors that need assis-tance,” Shay said.
The shuttles, which have yet to carry their first student passengers, are still in the process of system calibration. The vehicles are without riders so engineers can tune the systems and integrate a map of campus. The university has worked closely with Auro in finding time for these isolated trial runs.
“We invite the engineers onto campus to test the vehicles under strict protocols,” Shay said. “We look for a period of time like the summer or later in the day when the campus traffic is slightly less than normal. The Auro Robotics engineers then spend the day testing out improvements in software from the previous day’s development cycle.”
As for taking a ride in the futuristic vehicle, Shay said his turn is coming up very soon.
“Nalin (the CEO and co-founder of Auro) has me scheduled for next week. I’ll be one of the first Santa Clara staff to take a ride.”
Members of the robotics program at Santa Clara University are undergoing their first trial runs of driverless shuttles. The shuttles use laser scanners and cameras to generate a 360-degree view of their surroundings. courtesy of santa clara university
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By Alex Erdekianasst. feature editor
When Miss Rhode Island wakes up every morn-ing, she thinks of her role model Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote, “Do one thing
every day that scares you.” And whether that one thing is continually advocating
for female leadership, competing in front of thousands of strangers or getting back up on her feet after a setback, she follows Roosevelt’s advice.
Before she was named Miss Rhode Island 2015, Allie Curtis graduated from Syracuse University a year earlier with a bachelor of science in public relations and political science. During her time at SU, Curtis led the Student Association as president during the 2013-2014 school year. Now, she’s a master’s candidate in public affairs at Brown University.
She won’t know if she’s America’s pageant queen until the Miss America finale Sept. 13, which will be aired at 9 p.m. on ABC. She’ll be reminded of her roots on the Hill, as fellow SU alumna Vanessa Williams is one of the competition’s judges. Despite her increased involvement in pageants as of late,
Curtis is still pursuing her political aspirations, and applying what she learns in competition along the way.
Curtis began competing in pageants when she was in the eighth grade after she received a flyer in the mail. Since then, she has become a pageant pro. She took her first stab at a Miss America-sponsored event in her junior year at SU, when she was crowned Miss Upstate New York.
As Miss Rhode Island, Curtis’ responsibilities include activities such as throwing the first pitch at a Pawtucket Red Sox game to fundraising for pageants.
While the worlds of politics and pageants appear to be opposites on the surface, what drives Curtis to pursue both are her loves of public service and rallying communities.
“Taking a passionate stance, being a diplomat in many ways — those are qualities of Miss America and those are qualities of an effective leader,” Curtis said.
Another area of overlap between pageants and politics is fundraising, Curtis said. Many women are uncomfort-able raising money for political campaigns, so Curtis said that pageants are a great way to break down that barrier.
Between getting her masters, competing in pageants and occasionally being on TV, Curtis leads a non-stop
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Juice Jam 2015 lineup: Yay or Nay?
Alumna competes in Miss America 2016 pageant
Students should change mindset, give every act a chance this year
Disappointment lingers after The Weeknd rumor, disengaging performers
I’ll give you a hot take on this year’s Juice Jam lineup in the first line of this column: if you’re
complain-ing about this year’s Juice Jam lineup, you need a new attitude on music.I’m no super fan of any of the
six artists on this year’s list, but each artist that University Union picked to play at this year’s festi-val deserves their spot on the list.
If you don’t see things like I do when it comes to this year’s roster, let me attempt to spell everything out.
Since the ninth annual Juice Jam in 2013, the festival has had a consistent structure: two hip-hop artists (one headlining), two elec-tronic artists and two indie artists (except for 2014’s lineup, which included exploding pop/R&B vocalist Tinashe as a bonus). This year has Big Sean and iLoveMa-konnen in the first bucket, Oliver Heldens and SNBRN in the second and Matt and Kim and BØRNS in the third.
This setup makes lots of sense from UU’s standpoint. I’m not basing this on any hard data, but I’d be willing to bet that if you sur-veyed the entire SU student body for their collective favorite music genres, hip-hop, EDM and indie would be the top three choices by a sizable margin.
If you’re complaining that there’s too much or too little of any particular genre — whether it’s too much EDM, too little hip hop, too much indie or not enough artists you’ve heard of (that last one baffles me... don’t people like finding new music?) — I’d say you’re being a little selfish.
Maybe your gripes lie more with the fact that The Weeknd ended up not being included
OK, so while I respect this Juice Jam lineup, let’s face it, with all the initial hype over The Weeknd,
disappoint-ment still lingers in the air on campus since he won’t be there.
Big Sean is a
big-name rapper, but as a solo performer at an outdoor concert filled with inebriated students, I don’t think he will be appreciated by the audience as much as prior rappers have been. His songs don’t possess the powerhouse choruses that would require him to command the stage while engaging the audience. (With the exception of “IDFWU,” which, especially to a bunch of drunk people, is an anthem).
Although Big Sean had a few big singles in the past year, most of them were collaborations, many of which were with artists bigger than him (think Drake and Kanye West) whose presence in the songs will be missed. Compared to many of the previous rappers that have performed the past few years at Juice Jam (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Lupe Fiasco, Childish Gambino), Big Sean just doesn’t give off the same vibes, either lyrically or in performance.
In terms of Juice Jam’s big name commercial headline artist, I’m disappointed with Big Sean as this year’s pick. Given that Juice Jam this year only features one headliner, an artist like J. Cole or, in my dreams, Drake, would have excited audiences and provided a fresher performance. In the past, there has been a big name hip-hop/rap act, as well as a big name DJ, both as headlining acts. This added diversity to the Juice Jam atmosphere.
Generally, the DJ is an artist who several students have heard
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lifestyle. One priority she said she always has time for, though, is promoting her campaign platform: Leading Ladies, which is an effort she hopes will strengthen leadership among females from middle school to college.
“If I feel strongly about something, there’s no stopping me,” Curtis said. “I go with my heart of hearts.”
This platform is not a new goal for Curtis — she’s been advocating for female leadership since founding Elect Her at SU with fellow alumna Adrianna Kam. The organization focuses on encouraging girls and women to run for student government positions and get involved in elected office positions.
Steve Johnsen, Curtis’s longtime friend who she met at a leadership conference in high school, said he became inspired to improve women’s leadership after seeing Curtis in action.
“It’s not just a tagline for her,” Johnsen said. “This is her life mission, this is her life goal. To help people, and especially to help women become leaders.”
As SA president, Curtis herself had to face the challenges of being a female leader at SU.
Her presidency came with its share of con-troversy and opposition. She faced criticism for allowing a student who was on a leave of absence to serve as SA’s public relations director and was nearly impeached.
“Allie is one of the strongest people I think this campus has ever seen,” Kam said. “The whole campus knew this woman was keeping her head up... I don’t know many people who could do that.”
Aside from the impeachment trial, Kam said Curtis faced additional criticism for being a woman. A student said Curtis was only elected for being pretty — a comment that demonstrates the negative attitude toward female leaders that Curtis and Kam are hoping to end with Elect Her.
After Miss America, Curtis plans on continu-ing her studies and political career. In fall of 2016,
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she’ll start earning her next master’s degree in administration of justice and homeland security with a focus in cybersecurity and intelligence. One day, Curtis said she hopes to serve on the committee of homeland security in Congress.
Said Curtis: “A reason I’m so passionate about running is I feel there’s a void about some-thing in my government or community, and I feel I can fill that void.”
Sophomore Alyssa Koenig, now older and wiser, has decided to bring a book to this year’s Juice Jam concert, scheduled for Sept. 13 at Skytop Field.
Koenig, a 20-year-old television, radio and film major, has decided the inevitable wisecracks from her friends and onlookers is still a better solution than pretending “Club Going Up (On a Tuesday)” is still a catchy or culturally relevant song.
Koenig admits she had a fun time last year despite a few lackluster performances.
“I’m a huge Schoolboy Q fan and still had a
tough time enjoying his set last year,” Koenig said. “I think something about people in buck-et hats flocking en mass to a performance has a way of stripping the artistry out of a concert. Literally so many bucket hats...”
Like many SU students, Koenig experi-enced a wave of emotions in the weeks leading
up to Juice Jam as she learned The Weeknd was attending, but then, wait, actually not attending, this year’s festival.
“I was all prepared to have a borderline religious experience when The Weeknd played ‘Tell Your Friends’, so at this point the line-up is just white noise,” she said. “I might even just bring my iPod and listen to The Weeknd in the back of the concert. If I get drunk enough I probably won’t even notice the difference.”
As to what book she plans to bring, Koenig said, “I’m reading this Ernest Hemingway
book right now. It’s pretty good. The narrative is moving along pretty slow but so is Matt and Kim’s career since ‘Daylight’ came out in 2009.”
Not a total pessimist, Koenig admits that, in addition to some light reading, there are elements of this year’s Juice Jam festival she is excited for.
“That chicken on a stick they serve is so god-damn good. I’m going to eat like six of those.”
Evan Hohenwarter is a senior advertising major who is almost as modest as he is hand-some. He can be reached at emhohenw@syr.
edu or on Twitter at @evanhohmbre
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ALLIE CURTIS’ platform is “Leading Ladies,” an effort she hopes will strengthen leadership among females from middle school-age to their college years. courtesy of allie curtis
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Juice JamWhere: Skytop FieldWhen: Sunday, Sept. 13 How Much: $15 (Sold out)
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Let’s jam
By Alex Erdekianasst. feature editor
As students get more and more excited in the days leading up to Juice Jam on Sept. 13, the Pulp staff talked to Matt Johnson from Matt and Kim to get you the inside scoop. Johnson talks college audiences, the “New Glow” tour and his relationship with Kim Schifino.
The Daily Orange: What songs are you most excited to perform at Juice Jam and why?Matt Johnson: Of course we like to play songs that people know and people can sing along to like “Daylight” and “Let’s Go” and stuff. But I also love the covers we bring to the show. There might be a little R. Kelly in there. We’ll see. We’ll try to bring some surprises.
The D.O.: You guys have been together 10 years — have any relationship wisdom to share with us?M.J.: Let’s see... What works for us I don’t think would work for everybody. We spend every sec-ond of every day together. Every other relationship I’ve been in — if it was like this — we would’ve killed each other. I don’t know why the drama doesn’t come up with us; it doesn’t need to. Or every guy just needs to find a bad-ass chick like Kim.
The D.O.: The lyric video for “Get It” features lots of twerking and footage from your almost destructive Bonnaroo performance — what made you decide to include these things?M.J.: Well first of all, Kim shaking dat ass definitely happens a lot on our stage, so that had to be part of the video. The Bonnaroo performance, by the end of it, I thought I didn’t know if we all were going to make it out alive. Kim said something about everyone outside the tent crowd surfing to the stage and that’s when civilization collapsed. So that needed to be included because it was one of the feats in our lives.
The D.O.: W hat were some of the greatest memories and highlights from your “New Glow ” tour?
M.J.: Well there was a point in San Diego where a blow-up raft got into the audience and people just kept taking turns riding it around for almost the entire show — two get in one falls out etc. — that stuck out. Also, there was a show in Kansas City the day after I had broken my hand, and it was pouring rain and the show was outside. It seemed like it was going to all go to sh*t, but it just came together, it just worked, nothing broke, I was able to play with my hand wrapped up. I think sometimes when your expectations are low and it works out, things are just that much more satisfying.
The D.O.: What is the funniest reaction you’ve ever gotten from a fan?M.J.: One year, we were playing Coachella and the audience starts cheering really loudly and I’m thinking, ‘Wow we’re killing it right now!’ and I turn around and see a guy got on stage naked doing tricks with his parts. It was amazing, I respected it wholeheartedly.
The D.O.: How do you like performing for college students as an audience?M.J.: Well, in the end, I think that college is such a — I don’t know, basically that’s one of the times you have an open mind to all kinds of music and are excited about new music and new things in general. Sometimes when you’re younger, you get caught up in what everyone else likes and when you’re older you get more closed off and college is kind of the sweet spot.
The D.O.: Where did you get the inspiration for your most recent album, “New Glow?”M.J.: I think partially we wanted to do something as diverse as our live show is. With our live show we put in all these sort of genres of music. I think this album was one of the first times we were able to capture those different influences into one album.
The D.O.: What are you guys working on next?M.J.: I don’t know, our album only came out four months ago and we’ve been playing a bunch of shows, touring a lot. About to head to the UK and tour with Fall Out Boy. We have a lot of shows in our future, but I also hope to do collaborations and stir things up, see what happens.
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MATT AND KIM, an electric pop duo from Brooklyn, have been making their rounds about the festival and music venue circuit for 10 years. Their song “Daylight”was featured in a recently released 2016 Audi commercial, a 2009 Bacardi commercial and a 2010 Mars Bar commercial. This year the couple will be performing at Juice Jam 2015. courtesy of sheila kenny
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of but who is projected to boom in popularity shortly after Juice Jam. (For example, Dillon Francis, Calvin Harris and Avicii, who each performed at past Juice Jams).
Although Oliver Heldens will be an enjoy-able performer, I think a DJ who has already released several popular summer singles who fell within UU’s requirements would have
resulted in greater student support for the EDM choice.
Heldens and Matt and Kim are both being presented as medium-renowned artists on the festival lineup.
This may be a bit unfair to Matt and Kim, because they have been around a lot longer than Oliver Heldens and may be overlooked if they play earlier in the festival, as indie art-ists in the past have been. BØRNS is another great indie choice for the lineup.
iLoveMakonnen, an artist most renowned for “Tuesday,” is also an artist who, in terms of engaging the audience, may not be successful.
Most of the audience will only stick around for “Tuesday” and I am curious to see where in the performance lineup he will stand.
In an ideal world, the Juice Jam lineup is sweet, like jelly. We’ve gotten the jelly for previous Juice Jams, but it ’s nowhere in sight this time around. That doesn’t mean
Juice Jam is going to suck this year — it ’s still going to be a fun one. But to seniors who have enjoyed PB&J-level Juice Jam lineups in the past, this year’s may be a little disappointing.
Isha Damle is a junior television, radioand film major. She rarely knows the actual lyrics
to songs, but is good at faking it until she makes it. Plus, her version is probably better.
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on this year’s set. I’ll get this out of the way now: there was no way The Weeknd was coming to Juice Jam. He’s coming off a summer with “Can’t Feel My Face” being one of the most played songs on the radio, a headlining performance at the VMAs and an ongoing tour with ticket prices ranging well into the $100+ range. So expecting a $15 price tag for a full set of his (plus, you know, performances from five other artists) was a lot to ask of University Union.
But let’s go back to the lineup itself. First, Big Sean is, well, a big deal. Not only has he had eight singles (three more if you include his features) hit the Billboard Top 40, but he’s still just beginning to evolve into an American hip-hop icon. SU students should be grateful and excited that their school man-aged to pull someone of his caliber for this year’s Juice Jam.
And the other acts should make people just as excited, no matter where your musical
allegiances lie. Oliver Heldens already has two top five singles in the UK along with five other songs charting across major European markets — and when it comes to EDM, anyone can tell you that what’s caught on in Europe will catch on in America soon enough.
If you like fun, then you’ll love Matt and Kim’s sets. They’ve become famous for putting on the most enjoyable live shows at every festival they’ve appeared at. If you don’t catch yourself humming their songs after the set, then Juice Jam probably isn’t the kind of event suited for you anyway. And if you follow popular music at all, I’d be shocked if you weren’t at least a little excited to jam to ILove-Makonnen’s “Tuesday” live.
I could go on and on about how great this Sun-day’s show is going to be, but me ranting to you about the artists coming to campus will only do so much. So I challenge you: give every last one of the six artists performing a listen — even if their music isn’t what you’d normally go for.
Brett Weiser-Schlesinger is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. He
can be reached by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @brettws.
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Juice Jam 2015 will follow the traditional University Union sponsored concert format of two hip-hop acts, two electronic acts and two indie acts. frankie prijatel staff photographer
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MARIANO RIVERA III has fine-tuned his three-pitch arsenal with the Auburn Doubledays since being drafted by the Washington Nationals in June. logan reidsma photo editor
swung on and missed. Strike three.The fourth-round draftee has come a long
way since maxing out at 82 miles per hour as a scrawny senior in high school, being used almost exclusively as a pinch runner.
Equipped with nothing else but athletic genes and a familiar name, Rivera was taken under the wing of Iona pitching coach Sean McGrath in 2013. Despite a “vanilla” arsenal of three pitches, McGrath was amazed by Rivera’s arm speed.
“There was little learning curve with him,” McGrath said. “It was, ‘hey, here’s your chal-lenge, take it,’ and it was almost done.”
Pitch eight: 82 mile-per-hour change-up swung on and missed. One ball, two strikes.
Pitch nine: 91 mile-per-hour fastball grounded out to second base.
McGrath unshackled Rivera’s lower body — improving his leg kick among other aspects of his windup — to give him up to 10 extra miles per hour on his pitches over three seasons at Iona.
But as scouts dotted the stands to see Riv-era in action his first two years, he faltered. Even with the blueprint for success in hand, an emotionally unstable foundation didn’t lend itself to building.
Pitch 10: 90 mile-per-hour fastball blooped for a single.
By Rivera’s junior year, McGrath helped his pitcher adopt the mindset that he didn’t need to impress every scout, just the right one.
“They saw something that I myself didn’t see at the moment,” Rivera said
Pitch 11: 88 mile-per-hour sinker swung on and missed. Strike one.
Pitch 12: 91 mile-per-hour fastball fouled off. Strike two.
Rivera left Iona in June as the team leader in strikeouts and ERA. His confidence, ath-leticism and mechanics culminated together.
Rivera entered the realm of professional base-ball at his developmental peak, still unsure what he profiled as a potential major league pitcher.
“He’ll find success,” McGrath said. “He’s never been one to back down. He’s got fire in his belly that keeps him going.”
Pitch 15: 86 mile-per-hour slider swung on and missed. Strike three.
Improvement with the Doubledays has come in stages.
Pitching coach Tim Redding said he’s never made more mechanical changes with another pitcher as he has with Rivera, who bounced between the bullpen and starting rotation.
Redding moved Rivera to the right side of the pitching rubber to create a more intimi-dating angle for right-handed hitters, who see many of Rivera’s pitches look tantalizingly close to hitting them.
“As the levels get harder, you have to really learn how to pitch,” Rivera said. “Here, you throw one, they see it. The next one they foul it off. The next one, if you throw it again, they’re going to square it up.”
Pitch 17: 89 mile-per-hour fastball outside. Ball one.
Pitch 18: 92 mile-per-hour fastball fouled off. One ball, one strike.
Pitch 19: 88 mile-per-hour lineout to right field.
The final two Scrappers hitters Rivera faced reached base, but he exited the game with his team ahead. A job well done in Redding’s eyes.
Rivera’s pitching with a confidence that manifested itself from turning around a base-ball career at a dead end. He’s found solace in his father’s nightly words of encouragement, knowing he’s finally well equipped to forge his own path to the major leagues.
“His dad can’t pitch for him, I can’t pitch for him, and pitching coaches in the future can’t pitch for him,” Redding said. “He’s just got to be comfortable with himself and realize it’s just him out there and not everybody else.”
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14 september 10, 2015 dailyorange.com [email protected]
By Chris Libonatiasst. copy editor
As Korab Syla streaked down the field next to forward Chris Nanco, he pushed the ball to the right and Nanco kicked the game-winning goal past the outstretched arms of Rutgers goalie David Greczek. Two days prior, Liam Callahan cracked a shot from near the top left side of the box to open up the scoring against UC Riverside.
Syla and Callahan both play the wing, out-side midfielders in the Orange’s 3-5-2 forma-tion, and have combined to tally two goals and three assists in four games.
Syracuse’s (3-1) wings are expected to be offensive catalysts and to rotate in as a back on defense. SU plays its first Atlantic Coast Con-ference game against No. 23 Louisville (3-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday at SU Soccer Stadium.
The wing position is a niche role because few NCAA teams play a 3-5-2 formation or a formation similar, Syracuse head coach Ian
McIntyre said. Neither Syla nor Callahan played wingback in high school or at either of their previous colleges — Syla and Callahan transferred from Herkimer and Villanova, respectively — but with one year of experience at the position, they’re starting to settle in.
“It takes a special individual,” McIntyre said. “You have to have the physical tools for that, the aerobic capacity as well as the tech-nique to deal with the ball.”
Callahan and Syla are naturally outside defenders, so the offensive role is new for both. It took Callahan three seasons to get his first colle-giate goal, which he scored against UC Riverside.
“At this wingback position you go into the box, you try and beat players, you have to score goals,” Callahan said of the difference. “So they ask a little more out of you.”
But one strength of Callahan’s game is his crossing ability, which meshes with the wing position and controlling the ball on the edge of the box. SU has produced 75 shots, with some
of its chances coming off of services the wings play into the box.
So far SU has been able to feed crosses into the box, but against Rutgers, McIntyre also
nagged Syla to get into the box rather than to send crosses. Sometimes McIntrye yelled “Make a move” or “Beat him,” referring to the Syla’s defender and Syla would drop the ball back to a teammate instead. When he did make
a move, running past the Rutgers defender, Syla floated a shot right to the goalie.
“There’s always going to be chances if you get into the box,” Syla said of what he could improve on, “So definitely in practice to just get the mindset of getting in the box and get goals in.”
Pushing their play into the box means both Callahan and Syla will have a bit longer of a run to get back on defense. Wings have to get back the fastest defensively, McIntyre said, because when the ball comes back into SU’s defensive zone, one of the wings also sets up as an outside back.
In the last two seasons, SU has had a con-sistent but small crew of players on the wing, with Callahan, Syla and Oyvind Alseth filling the role. With Syracuse losing so much of its offense after last season, it’s getting offense from a group of players it hadn’t been.
“We’re looking for them to provide a little bit more of a scoring punch to our team this year as well as not just goals but assists,” McIntyre said.
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Wingbacks Callahan, Syla flourish in unique role for Orangemen’s soccer
By Sam Fortierasst. web editor
A Massachusetts forward collected a ball off a bounce and found herself alone at the top of the circle. Syracuse goalie Jess Jecko stood midway between her and the goal.
She looked up, saw Jecko that far out and hesitated.
That’s all the Syracuse defense needed moments before the end of the first half.
Midfielder Laura Hurff poked her stick below the Minutewoman’s slightly-raised stick and the ball rolled away, averting the one-on-one matchup.
It was a telling play in a game the Orange defense dominated, jumping passing lanes for interceptions and breaking up long balls meant to catch it unbalanced. SU allowed five shots in the shutout.
The Orange has shut down offenses all sea-son. In three of its four games, Syracuse has allowed five shots or fewer. Two of those results coming against then-No. 6 Stanford and then-No. 18 Massachusetts. Syracuse’s defense has also allowed two goals this season, which relies on communication, counter-control and rota-tion. No. 3 Syracuse (4-0) will have its defense tested when No. 2 North Carolina (4-0) — with its high-powered offense averaging three goals per game — visits J.S. Coyne Stadium on Satur-day, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m.
“The biggest thing we’re doing (to be success-ful on defense) is reshaping behind the ball,” said Lies Lagerweij, who plays center back. “It’s really important for counter defense. Let’s say we lose the ball, if the defense is super spread out and (the other team) get(s) on the attack, it’s easy for them if there’s too much space.”
Reshaping behind the ball, head coach Ange Bradley explained, isn’t any different than when a basketball team turns the ball over. The team still needs to hustle back on defense and reform the zone; it’s just that field hockey has more players.
Bradley wants “counter-control,” limiting odd-man rushes for other teams. Especially in the Atlantic Coast Conference, she said, where a “wide-open” style of play turns field hockey
games into track meets.That quick tempo forces reshaping defenses
to adjust impromptu during games. The Orange usually starts four “backs,” defenders, Zoe Wilson said, who rely on each other for those in-game changes.
“To keep communication easy, the person behind you controls … you,” Wilson said. “When a person plays in front of me, I control them, but then Jess Jecko would be controlling me. It’s to keep the communication easy.”
The Orange adapt in other ways by rotating its defense based upon how a team attacks.
If an opponent drives down the right side-
line, a weak-side defender slides toward the middle while the middle defender slides to the help smother the attack. To cover the now-va-cated right side, a midfielder drops back to pre-vent a long pass from exploiting the hole.
While the Orange attempts to prevent an opponent counter, the team looks for its own opportunities if it can force a turnover.
“If we’re all on the left-hand side, we could send the ball over to and up the right-hand side,” Wilson said. “We could send a defender and then drop a midfielder back. We look for the pass up.”
Despite her team’s statistical success, Bradley sees places for improvement in defensive rotations.
“I don’t think we’re that good at defense right now,” Bradley said.
SU back Roos Weers has been a primary bene-ficiary of the rotation this season, playing a large role in Syracuse’s defense as well as scoring three goals when the team pushes in counter.
The rotation and reshaping gives as it takes with opportunities on offense for the Orange and limiting those for the opposition.
“You can be switched for quite a few balls,” Weers said. “But then you get to go back. And that’s why we don’t have shots against us … We keep moving.”
SU’s defense looks to hold down high-powered UNC offensefield hockey
It takes a special individual. You have the physical tools for that, the aerobic capacity as well as the technique to deal with the ball.
Ian McIntyresu head coach
JESS JECKO (0), Syracuse’s third-year starting goalie, leads an SU defense that has only allowed two goals this season. Part of the defen-sive success is a result of the Orange’s defensive philosophy. SU will take on UNC on Saturday. riley bunch contributing photographer
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By Matt Alexanderstaff writer
Minutes before 9:30 on Tuesday morning, Jes-sica Vigna stood on the practice field.
The team was working on corner kicks, and head coach Phil Wheddon had called for one last rep before he gathered his team at midfield.
Vigna lined up to take the kick and watched disapprovingly as the ball sailed high and wide over the goal out of bounds.
“One more!” she yelled as she scrambled to retrieve another ball from behind her.
Syracuse (2-4) has struggled to find suc-cess on its set pieces this season. The Orange, which amassed 11 corner kicks in Sunday’s loss against Buffalo and averages over seven per game thus far, have not been able to capi-talize on such scoring opportunities.
To increase the efficiency on corners — Tuesday’s drill brought a slight wrinkle — SU puts more emphasis on the offense and the runs inside the box.
“The runs in the box are important, so if it bypasses the first person, you don’t want them to stop their run or stand and watch,” Whed-don said. “They’re still involved in the play so it’s really knowing your responsibilities and making sure you fulfill them.”
To recognize those responsibilities, Vigna pointed to the opposing defense as key.
If the opposition is playing tight, she said, it’s easier to juke around them and have team-mates set picks to free people up. If the defense is playing back, it’s harder to move around but also easier to fight for a ball in the air.
“(It’s) really crucial with the runs and being able to beat your player, get to the ball, then get up and get power on the ball,” she said.
Lawrence acknowledged that SU isn’t the tall-est team, a characteristic that could pose problems when muscling up for the ball in a packed area.
But if the serve is accurate, she said, height shouldn’t be an issue.
“The serves are on, they’re pretty much where we want them,” she said. “It’s just now, can we get a head on it?”
Yet for the kick itself, placement is only a fraction of the equation.
The ball should be drilled, not lofted. Head level, but not much higher. Close to the goal, but away from the goalie and not too low so that the ball is easily cleared away.
It’s a process Syracuse is still trying to mas-ter. Vigna said the team always closes practice with corner kicks and incorporates about 10-15 set pieces into the schedule each day.
Now, it’s a matter of putting it together to achieve what have been elusive in-game results.
Said Wheddon: “To be successful in the season, you’ve got to be on the positive side of set pieces.”
Orange struggles to find success on corner kicks
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By Connor Grossmanasst. sports editor
A UBURN, N.Y. — Mariano Rivera III held up one finger, signifying his final pitch. His feet shoulder-width
apart atop the bullpen mound; his metal spikes cracking the littered sun-flower seed shells. The glove on his left hand and ball in his right came together at his waist, and he rocked back to begin his throwing motion.
The catcher’s glove popped as it halted the trajectory of Rivera’s 90 mile-per-hour projectile. Rivera hopped off the mound after throwing his final warm-up pitch, and exited to the field through the bullpen gate past his fellow relief pitchers clad in red Auburn Doubledays hoodies.
Rivera recounted the methodol-ogy of pitching as he approached the mound to face the Mahoning Val-ley Scrappers in the fifth and sixth innings on Aug. 26 en route to col-
lecting his first professional win in the 27-pitch relief outing.
“Staying calm and having a short-term memory,” Rivera said of know-ing how to pitch. “Learning how to read the swings of batters.
“You know what pitch you threw and how they reacted.”
Pitch one: 89 mile-per-hour fast-ball fouled away. Strike one.
The 5-foot-11 right-hander developed rapidly in three years at Iona College and was drafted by the
Washington Nationals in the fourth round of the MLB Draft this year based purely on ability, not because of a Hall of Fame pedigree as the son of former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
The younger Rivera persevered in his first professional season with the Doubledays, the short season single-A Nationals affiliate, who play 30 miles from the Syracuse Univer-sity campus. He posted an under-whelming 4.15 earned run average, a
struggle that helped him grow a new appreciation his “art.”
The Rivera family lifeblood of pitching is on track to bear another success story.
“I’m nothing like my father, I’m just starting,” Rivera said. “There’s nothing to compare. He’s up here and I’m down there.”
Pitch five: 92 mile-per-hour fastball chopped foul. Two balls, two strikes.
Pitch six: 84 mile-per-hour slider
By Sam Blumsports editor
Dave Clawson has been familiar with new Syracuse starting quarterback Eric Dungey since the true freshman was a high school star in Oregon.
The Wake Forest head coach was impressed with his athleticism and accurate arm and thinks he fits the Syra-cuse offensive scheme particularly well.
“I thought he played with a lot of poise last week,” Clawson said on the
Atlantic Coast Conference coaches’ teleconference on Wednesday. “… Dungey is a guy that can beat you with his arm and his feet.”
Clawson had high praise for what he called an “improved” Syracuse offense. He was also complimentary of the Orange defense and its diffi-culty for opposing coaches to gauge. In addition, Clawson said it’s impor-tant to note that when the Demon Deacons travel to Syracuse for a 12:30 p.m. matchup in the Carrier Dome on
Saturday, it will be with only about a quarter of the players that were on the travel roster from when WFU dropped a 13-0 decision there in 2013.
“We expect a very physical, well-coached team,” Clawson said. “I have
a lot of respect for Coach (Scott) Sha-fer, he’s an excellent defensive coach. They’re very creative on offense. Their players and their scheme are a challenge and certainly the Carrier Dome presents a challenge as well in terms of noise and heat.”
Clawson said he expected that Syracuse didn’t show all of its offensive plays in its 47-0 drubbing of Rhode Island, and said that as a result, Saturday will be a bit of a “guessing game.” He also praised
SU’s strong third-down package, noting the Orange’s creativity.
He specifically referenced wide receivers Steve Ishmael and Brisly Estime, along with hybrid Ervin Phi-lips as strong skill players that WFU will need to prepare for.
“They had a lot of success against us a year ago,” Clawson said of its 30-7 loss. “We’ll be challenged with their scheme and their personnel on both sides of the football.”
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WFU’s Dave Clawson prepares to face ‘improved’ SU offense
MARIANO RIVERA III, the son of former Major League Baseball closer Mariano Rivera, picked up his first professional win for the Auburn Doubledays on Aug. 26. He left Iona College after his junior season to turn pro and is working on establishing his own reputation separate from his father’s. logan reidsma photo editor
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Mariano Rivera III follows in his father’s footsteps as relief pitcher in professional baseball
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