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S • Changing the gradeAlin Edouard was once commit-ted to play at Miami (Fla.) but is now leading a very impres-sive Syracuse recruiting class. Page 16
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Bill allows for wage increases
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The Carrier Dome, which opened in 1980, is one of the last stadiums with an air-supported roof. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner recently formed a task force to look into the possible effects that building a new downtown stadium would have on the city. luke rafferty video editor
still stAndingOne of the last of its kind, the Dome remains well-maintained
up in the airThe Carrier Dome roof was last replaced in 1999 as a precaution. It cost $14 million, $4 million of which came from New York state.
By Dylan Segelbaumstaff writer
The Carrier Dome is part of a dying breed: the large, air-supported roof stadium.
On Jan. 18, the roof of the Metro-dome — the former home of the Minnesota Vikings —was deflated, and the stadium will be knocked down soon. A year earlier, the roof of the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., was deflated and later damaged in a storm, according to a lawsuit the stadium’s owners filed against their insurance company in federal court. And in 2008, the RCA Dome was torn down as the Indianapolis Colts moved into a new stadium with a retractable roof.
With no money in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2014-15 executive budget for a proposed 44,000-seat, $495 million downtown stadium near Syracuse Stage, the Dome — at least for now — remains. And, quite possibly, the only other stadium that’s left like it is the Tokyo Dome, about 6,553 miles away from Syracuse, N.Y.
But interviews with employees from
companies that inspect or are involved with the Dome indicate that while it may not be on the cutting-edge of tech-nology, the arena is not deteriorating. In fact, with the exception of the roof, some say the Dome does not have a set lifespan if it’s maintained.
“I see a lot of venues,” said David Campbell, principal and CEO of Geiger Engineers who was involved with the original project. “It’s probably arguably one of the best maintained anywhere, and certainly of its age.”
Geiger Berger Associates engineered the Dome. Former employees of the company started Geiger Engineers, Campbell said.
Last year, he said, the company looked at changes that could be made to the stadium to improve it from an “oper-ational,” “spectator” and “athletic” standpoint. Campbell said he couldn’t go into more detail.
Rich Applebaum, president of Klep-per, Hahn and Hyatt, an East Syracuse company that inspects the Dome every two years, said only a “minor part” of the stadium ever sees problems.
Applebaum said there have been issues with maintaining the Dome’s
ramps in the past because they’re heavily salted. But the time in between repairs has increased, he said.
And life expectancy, he said, has never been discussed.
“I think it’s really more at what point does the usage become obso-lete? More than, ‘When is the Dome going to fall down?’” Applebaum said. “Because it really depends on how you maintain the building.”
The Dome’s managing director, Pete Sala, agreed to an interview about two
weeks ago. He did not return 16 phone calls and two emails.
In a letter to Syracuse’s mayor dated Jan. 23, SU’s stadium consultant wrote the Dome remains “a quality facility,” but will need significant improvements
as it ages. One of those is a new roof. The university replaced the
Dome’s 6.5-acre roof as a precaution in 1999, about 19 years after the sta-dium opened. The original roof had to be deflated several times because of snow. New York state kicked in more than $4 million toward the $14 million roof replacement project.
The new roof is built with a stronger material and has at least a 30-year lifespan, said Dave Ricci, director of customer service and warranty for Birdair Inc., the com-pany that manufactured the original and replacement roofs. The current roof would be 30 years old in 2029.
Ricci, who was a part of both roof projects, said Birdair inspects the roof of the Dome every few years. He said it’s up to SU to release the latest inspec-tion, but there was “nothing detri-mental” in the most recent report.
When the Dome was built, Ricci said, air-supported roofs were state of the art. But the drawback is that they are less durable and require “mechanical com-ponents,” such as fans, to keep them up.
“So, air-supported stadiums are still
By Annie Palmer news editor
With the introduction of new legisla-tion, Syracuse University students who hold federal work-study posi-tions could see an increase in their minimum wage.
The New York state Senate reviewed a bill Wednesday that would allow localities, or state municipalities, to determine their own minimum wage rates. In his Jan. 28 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed to raise minimum wage for all fed-eral contract workers to $10.10 an hour. The new legislation would allow localities to raise wages above this value, said Blair Horner, legisla-tive director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.
“If the Syracuse City Council wants to bump up minimum wage, they can,” Horner said.
This isn’t the first time the state has addressed raising wages: Last March, Governor Andrew Cuomo approved a piece of state legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage in three steps. The state originally floored the minimum wage at $7.25 per hour, but in his 2013 budget, Cuomo approved raising the bud-get to $8.00 per hour by the end of 2013. By 2014, the wage would reach $8.75 per hour, and would be capped at $9.00 by the end of 2015.
In New York state, Horner said there is more support than opposition for raising the mini-mum wage, but some still remain wary that increasing wages could make it more difficult for lower income businesses to afford to hire employees. He said legisla-tors feel like they have to “thread the needle” between raising the minimum wage and making sure it doesn’t hurt small businesses.
The minimum wage increase had no adverse effects on stu-dent employment opportunities — both work study and non-work study, Camille Donabella, manager
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By Charlotte Stockdalestaff writer
Jessica Scicchitano, a third-year graduate student pursuing creative writing and poetry, looks for vintage items and thrifty, creative pieces when she buys her clothing.
Scicchitano, a Syracuse native, frequents downtown flea markets and thrift shops regularly. She likes to buy neglected vintage pieces at an inexpensive price, and uses them to transform her daily outfits into creative works of art.
Each piece of her outfit comes from a variety of places at a clear-ance price — from New York City to Syracuse to London, she incor-porates each place she has traveled into her wardrobe.
Scicchitano’s style inspiration is Tilda Swinton, a famous actress. In fact, Scicchitano admitted to cutting her hair to look like Swinton’s.
“She is a goddess. She does not dress herself in a feminine way, and I love that. Her style is genderless. It is clear that she is proud of her body, and she shows it off, but not in an overly sexualized way,” Scicchitano said.
Scicchitano, wearing oversized jeans from H&M coupled with a crop top from Urban Outfitters, emulates this philosophy.
Scicchitano said she believes men and women should go against gender norms when dressing themselves. When she traveled around Italy, she noticed how young Italian girls wore brightly colored high-top sneakers with skinny jeans and how fashion-able they looked, despite the fact that they were not clothed in dresses and heels. Likewise, the men were, in many cases, more fashionable than women with their stacked heels and trench coats.
In addition to breaking gender stereotypes, Scicchitano uses her daily styles as another outlet to express herself.
Unlike many girls, Scicchitano believes accessories are unnecessary. She is not a fan of big hoop earrings or “excess.” However, she enjoys finding the occasional cool statement pieces, ranging from bold necklaces to sus-penders. She always comes back to her lavender Marc Jacobs suspenders to tie her look together.
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If there’s one piece of advice that Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has for aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s to for-get about their GPA and focus on GTD: Getting Things Done.
As simple as it may sound, Ohanian has been reinforcing this mantra to every group of students that he speaks to on the book tour for his new best-seller “Without Their Permission.” The book focuses on Internet entre-preneurship and the vast resources that are available to startup companies in the age of free, open Internet.
On Tuesday night, Ohanian discussed how entrepreneurs and startups can leverage the power of the Internet as a resource at an event orga-nized by Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies.
“As long as we have net neutrality, the world is our stage and the Inter-net is our library. We have endless amounts of information readily avail-able for us to learn about anything that we’re interested in,” Ohanian said.
Ohanian’s book highlights this mentality and also gives readers a glimpse into the mind of the man who Forbes called “the mayor of the Inter-net” and one half of the founding team
behind Reddit, known colloquially as the front page of the Internet.
Ohanian and his former college roommate Steve Huffman founded Reddit in 2005 in hopes of changing the way people consume news and entertainment on the web.
Reddit generated more than 5 billion page views from more than 100 million unique visitors last month. Ohanian uses Reddit’s success as an example for students who hope to create their own careers instead of following the “safe” career paths that have, until now, been the status quo in America.
“As college students, you have the time and resources to start doing things right now. For most students, nobody is dependent on you to pay a mortgage or raise a family while you’re still in school, so the time is now,” Oha-nian said.
One of the resources currently available for SU students is the New-house Center For Digital Media Entre-preneurship. SU alumnus Sean Brana-gan founded the center in 2011 and also coaches student startups.
“He’s a rarity in this industry. He started being entrepreneurial in col-lege and has kept his sense of direction through the sometimes messy process of an acquisition,” Branagan said. “Hopefully him speaking to students
tonight is going to make this mindset that anybody can be an entrepreneur more widespread.”
Ohanian was joined by Wiley Cerilli, an SU alumnus, to continue discussion on the idea of internet entrepreneur-ship. Cerilli started his own technol-ogy company, SinglePlatform, in 2010. Constant Contact acquired Cerilli’s company for $100 million in 2012, and he still serves as its vice president.
Ohanian told the audience that his
goal was to show how a former SU stu-dent leveraged the power of the Inter-net to create a business that solves problems and generates revenue.
“When I was a student here, it was totally different. We didn’t have all these resources like the iSchool that support entrepreneurship, so it’s great
to be back here and see how far SU has come,” Cerilli said.
Ohanian engaged the audience by using popular memes to reinforce his key points. When advising students not to worry too much about their competitors, Ohanian flashed a pic-ture of Grumpy Cat on the screen.
“Grumpy Cat has more competi-tion than any of us. Do you know how many cats are out there trying to become more famous than Grumpy Cat? He ran out of damns to give about his competitors a long time ago,” Ohanian joked.
Although Ohanian maintains optimism about the power of the Internet for entrepreneurs, he made it clear that these opportunities aren’t guaranteed in the future. Oha-nian believes firmly in net neutrality and was instrumental to the United States House Judiciary Committee’s decision to postpone the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2012.
Ohanian has since taken a stance against the NSA’s mass surveil-lance that was revealed last year by Edward Snowden. He contin-ues to advocate for the same open Internet that allowed him to create his own career — without anybody else’s permission.
Building upThere has been ongoing
construction across Syracuse University’s campus. Where do these projects stand? See Thursday’s paper
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• A 21-year-old senior in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science was issued an appearance ticket on the 700 block of Euclid Ave. for a nuisance ordi-nance. The incident occurred at 2:46 a.m. on Tuesday.
• A 22-year-old senior enrolled in SUNY-ESF was arrested on a dis-orderly conduct charge on the 900 block of Lancaster Ave. on Saturday at 12:05 a.m.
• A 22-year-old senior in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 900 block of Lan-caster Ave. on Saturday at 8:14 p.m.
• A 21-year-old senior in the College of Arts and Sciences was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 900 block of Lancaster Ave. on Thursday at 2:35 a.m.
• A 19-year-old male was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 1000 block of Ackerman Ave. on Thursday at 2:51 a.m.
•A 22-year-old graduate student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 900 block of Lancaster Ave. on Thursday at 2:50 a.m.
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As college students, you have the time and resources to start doing things right now.”Alexis Ohanianreddit co-founder
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alexis ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, signs copies of his book “Without Their Permission” on Tuesday. Ohanian encouraged Syracuse University students to use available Internet resources to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. margaret lin asst. photo editor
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Professor to research rare defectAnna Merodstaff writer
A chemistry professor could help con-trol a debilitating birth defect thanks to funding from a non-profit organization.
James Hougland, an assistant pro-fessor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences of Syracuse Uni-versity, received $150,000 to fund his research for two years to analyze the causes of a birth defect that causes insatiable hunger.
The non-profit organization, March of Dimes, awarded Hougland with the Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, which is designed to support professors early in their independent careers, he said.
of SU’s student employment services, said in an email. She said the number of student employees and job openings has remained the same.
She added that students who earn below $8.00 were automatically adjusted as a result of the increase in 2013.
Matt Huber, a geography professor and member of the Program for the Advancement of Research and Conf lict and Collabora-tion Labor Studies Working Group, said it is unlikely that the state will make changes to its minimum wage policy beyond those outlined
in Cuomo’s budget. “Given that they’ve done it before, they’ve
probably checked off the box,” Huber said. Despite the recent adjustments, Huber said
most legislators are “pretty out of step of what is a living wage.” He noted the fast food work-ers — who went on strike last summer in an attempt to raise their pay to $15.00 per hour — as an example of a sector that doesn’t have an adequate living wage level. Huber said a realistic wage lies closer to $15.00, and that $10.10 is still not enough.
But at SU, where the average student takes on nearly $25,000 of debt, Huber said raising the minimum wage level isn’t going to solve students’ financial burdens. He said students who are
working while studying aren’t going to be able to find jobs that pay tuition, regardless of minimum wage levels.
Said Huber: “They might be able to live off of that, but they’d have to live extremely frugally.”
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SU participates in competition to encourage sustainability
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wagesspare changeThough NY state minimum wage will reach $9.00 per hour in 2015, private universities only have so many fed-eral work-study grants to disburse. Here is how SU’s FWS disbursement compares to other private institutions:
By Justin Mattinglycontributing writer
The Orange is vamping up its efforts to go green.Syracuse University is competing in a
nationwide competition titled RecycleMania, which is an eight-week competition that will determine who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most on-campus waste. The goal of the competition is to motivate students and staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation, according to RecycleMania’s web-site. All students are encouraged to participate.
Schools compete in eight categories, such as waste minimization — to recycle the most on a per capita basis — according to the website.
Some SU students have begun to see waste reduction as a worthy cause, too.
“I try and recycle every day, and I think if you take ten seconds out of your day to make
sure that your trash goes in the right places, you can really make a difference,” said Rohan Krishnan, a freshman advertising and infor-mation management major.
He added that he will participate in the contest because he is competitive and thinks recycling is an important cause.
Melissa Cadwell, marketing manager in the SU Sustainability Division, said the competition “is a fun way to engage the campus commu-nity and stress the importance of recycling and reducing our waste, not just during the eight-week competition, but every day of the year.”
The Sustainability Division is responsible for Syracuse’s participation in the competition, Cadwell said. She added that this is the first year that SU will be competing in the competition division rather than the benchmark division.
In the 2013 competition, SU finished with a 35.2 percent recycling rate, which was the second
highest in the benchmark division, according to RecycleMania’s website. SU is one of 31 schools in New York State participating in RecycleMania.
In total, 461 schools across North America are competing in RecycleMania with six Cana-dian institutions competing.
At press time, SU was ranked 25th of 85 competition division schools with a 39.7 per-cent recycling rate.
The competition ends on March 30 and a winner will be announced upon the conclusion of the eight-weeks.
Winning schools receive an award made out of recyclable materials, and earn the right to host that category’s special traveling trophy for the coming year, according to RecycleMania’s website.
Although RecycleMania is only an eight-week competition, Students of Sustainability at SU provides year-round events to fulfill their mission statement of making SU services as
sustainable as possible, Cadwell said. Students of Sustainability at SU, an on-cam-
pus organization that promotes environmental sustainability, is helping with the competition by bringing awareness through social media, Cadwell said.
“The water tasting is all about having the community taste our tap and filter tap water against bottled water to bring awareness to the community that SU has great tasting water on campus,” she said.
SU has made a strong push to “Go Green” and recycle in recent years. Since 1990, SU has had recycling bins in every building for collection of paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal recy-clables, according to an SU news article.
The website also stated that SU’s recycling rate is approximately 48 percent, a rate very close to the national average.
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Harvard University $3,960,936 $3,733,672
Loyola Marymount University $4,089,548 $3,853,430 Rochester Institute of Technology $3,652,256 $3,944,964
Syracuse University $4,214,868 $4,102,098Inter American University of Puerto Rico $4,145,360 $4,126,772
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@potluckyeah They are full-time because most of them get paid
already. We should stop being naive.
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During his annual State of the Union Address last Tuesday, President Barack Obama
alluded to a debate that needs to be taken more seriously.
“For several years now, this town has been consumed by a rancorous argument over the proper size of the federal government. It’s an important debate,” Obama said.
Until entitlement and tax reform are addressed, our elected officials have not seriously had or resolved the argument about the proper size of the federal government.
Conservatives should be able to appreciate the fact that Obama is will-ing to concede that this debate is an important one. But conservatives need to lead this discussion because Demo-crats are unwilling to risk electoral victories to have it.
The reality is that much of the political discourse in the United States today regarding domestic policy is over relatively petty issues. This is because both parties are unwilling to talk about issues that really matter, like entitle-ment and tax reform. The GOP has also chosen the wrong issues to focus on.
Republicans have been periodi-cally consumed by debates regard-ing the raising of the federal debt ceiling and the validity of Obama’s political appointees.
Failing to raise the debt ceiling would be a completely idiotic move for the U.S. that could have long-term consequences for the overall health of the nation, as well as the reputa-tion of the Republican Party. And no Congress in recent memory has ever made so much of a stink about Obama’s right to appoint members to his cabinet and staff.
While Republicans have essen-tially only provided lip service to the debate over the proper size of govern-ment, Democrats have mostly hid behind the rhetoric of fear mongering. The argument that most conservatives want to cut off any aid to the poor or the elderly is absurd, but it has proven to be
politically effective. Unfortunately both parties, for
politically obvious reasons, have refused to address the underlying structural issues that have led to enor-mous budget deficits and will continue to do so if the status quo holds.
To say that entitlement reform is politically unpopular would be a drastic understatement. Conversely, Republicans have remained com-pletely unwilling to even consider raising taxes on the wealthiest tax bracket because they’re so reliant on donors within that bracket.
It’s ludicrous that some Republicans remain oblivious to the fact that entitle-ment reform will never be accomplished without tax reform, and vice versa.
This debate needs to be about reducing the federal debt. In order to resolve it, both parties need to take the time to reassess which social pro-grams really do work and which need to be slashed altogether. In addition, both parties also need to push forward with tax reform, making sure the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes and don’t receive unjust tax credits through loopholes.
Unfortunately for both parties, addressing these large, politically contentious issues has become coun-terintuitive towards being elected.
The debate over the proper size and scope of government cannot really take place in a society in which elected officials are primar-ily concerned with preserving their own power through the preserva-tion of the status quo — especially when the status quo is selfishly defended by those lucky enough to gain political access and influence.
Ethan Demers is a senior politi-cal science and history major. His column appears weekly. He can be
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The new grading policy imple-mented in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management puts too much emphasis on earning a specific grade rather than learning course content.
Whitman’s new grading policy, modeled after a system used by Princeton University’s business school essentially grades students on a curve. The grading system allows for only 33 percent of stu-dents in a particular class to earn a final grade of an A. Class averages are expected to hover in the B to B-plus range. Amanda Nicholson, the associate dean for undergradu-ate programs at Whitman, said the policy will help to level the difficulty among different sections of the same class.
The grading system might over-emphasize the value of grades rather than the content of the course. Whitman students may focus on competing with their fellow students to ensure they fall
within the 33 percent of students that will receive an A. Without this type of grading policy, students do not have to worry about how they compare to others and instead can focus on what is most important: learning the content.
Whitman can still motivate its students and ensure a quality edu-cation without this type of grading system.
Rather than continuing with the new grading policy, the college should review the strength of its curriculum and implement more rigorous grading standards. Doing so will require that students work harder to earn high grades and prevent certain sections from being identified as easier than others. To monitor the standard’s improvements, Whitman could also conduct more stringent professor evaluations based on how students are scoring in these classes. Administrators could also devise a system where they
observe professors and collect student feedback about professors on a refular basis.
These changes would reflect a more proactive approach toward making classes more challenging without compromising the empha-sis on class content.
It is important that Whitman curriculum continues to empha-size collaborative projects as students who hope to work in the business world will have to work in this type of environment in the future. The competitive environ-ment that this new grading policy might instill could make students put more value on their individual grades rather than group work. By making group work more challeng-ing, Whitman can also add value to the real world lessons that students learn while collaborating.
The new grading policy is an insufficient method for Whitman to better challenge its students. College business schools prepare
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By Zane Warmanstaff writer
New York State is poised to receive more than $50.6 million to assist low-income families in paying for their winter heat-
ing bills. In Syracuse, this aid could give relief to thousands of families.
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, known as HEAP, is a federal program designed to help poorer households and senior citizens that struggle to meet their energy costs during harsh weather seasons.
In New York, aid is offered on a first-come, first-served basis to households with monthly incomes below $2,175 to $6,461, depending on the family size, according to the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance website. The one-time payment funnels directly to their energy company. The amount of aid an eli-gible family receives ranges from $20 to $500, according to the website.
Syracuse, which recently topped the Weather Channel’s list of 20 snowiest cities, is particularly in need of additional funding this winter. Onondaga County’s HEAP depart-ment received 9,990 applications this winter,
up from 6,522 last year, said Jim Reith, the branch’s public information specialist. Reith added that households eligible for the program continue to exceed those receiving assistance.
Although economic hardships could be seen as a factor, Syracuse’s unusually harsh encounter with the polar vortex has affected the number of people applying this year, Reith said.
New York has yet to decide how much each county requires, but as one of the state’s “big five” cities, he said he hopes to get a sizable share of the state’s $366 million budget for energy assistance. He added that the incoming aid is a much-needed boost, but its late-season timing has forced Onondaga to use whatever funds they may receive as a safety measure.
“Because the people have already received their benefits — that is, the energy providers have already been paid — what we also do is Emer-gency HEAP,” Reith said. “Emergency HEAP is available for people who are eligible for HEAP and then have an energy-related emergency.”
Emergency HEAP is offered to anyone eligible for regular aid that is at risk of having their power shut off. Those who are eligible may need it to cover late payments to energy companies, or if they have fewer than 10 days of their own supplies
of oil, kerosene, propane, wood and pellets. Reith said there are many people in the Syracuse area that still fall into the latter energy category.
In a letter to Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 39 colleagues insisted that funds for energy be made available “at as high a level as possible,” according to her website. The letter noted that on average, those that are covered by HEAP still spend a greater portion of their money on energy.
“This funding has been an indispensable lifeline during challenging economic times, helping to ensure that recipients do not have to choose between paying their energy bills and paying for other necessities like food or medicine,” the letter stated.
Gillibrand also stressed the importance of HEAP in New York, where more than one million people rely on HEAP aid throughout the year.
“No New York family should ever be left in the cold,” she said in a statement. “But with bitter cold temperatures and rising energy costs, families and seniors who are struggling in this tough economy can’t afford to heat their homes.”
Hougland said the March of Dimes is a non-profit organization that raises awareness and resources for research into the treatment of birth defects and early childhood diseases. He added that the organization awarded him the grant for his research in the causes of the birth defect Prader-Willi Syndrome, or PWS.
PWS is a rare genetic disorder that occurs in one out of every 15,000 births, in which diagnosed children are incapable of feeling full after eating, making PWS one of the most common genetic causes for childhood obe-sity, according to the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research’s website.
Ghrelin, an enzyme known to increase hun-ger, is one of the chemical causes of PWS that Hougland has been researching, he said. From his current studies, Hougland has noticed that people diagnosed with PWS have an increased amount of the ghrelin enzyme.
In the next two years, Hougland plans on researching how to manipulate the enzyme.
“If we can inhibit the hunger signaling through ghrelin, we may be able to block the insatiable appetite associated with PWS,” he said.
Hougland said one of the current options that are considered to address PWS is through gastric bypass surgery.
“Particularly with children, you don’t want them to have to rely on a surgical option, so we want to develop a pharmaceuti-cal option to go alongside it,” he said.
Manipulating the ghrelin enzyme will not fix the genetic disease, but it will cure the symptoms, Hougland added.
James Kallmerten, a professor of chemis-try, said Hougland has some groundbreaking ideas about ghrelin, because if he discovers how to regulate metabolism, Hougland could assist in preventing symptoms of other dis-eases involving obesity and diabetes as well.
Robert Doyle, an associate professor of chemistry, said Hougland’s research is cut-ting-edge and shows promise for a future in a whole field of science.
“Professor Hougland is the only person who has developed essays to allow us to study and explore ghrelin in a way that allows potential for drug development, which offers hope to a whole community of patients, and that’s why the March of Dimes has chosen to fund him,” Doyle said.
When Hougland began his research in fall of 2010, he said he received funding from SU for two to three years to begin collecting pre-liminary data that would be used to earn future grants, such as the March of Dimes award.
Kallmerten, who is also the interim chair of the chemistry department, said the grants, such as the March of Dimes award, will help build Hougland’s credibility in his research and sends a message to the community that his work is worth an investment.
Said Kallmerten: “We’re very proud of Jimmy (Hougland), and our young faculty. There is an institutional advantage when our scholars achieve national attention. Every-one at the university benefits.”
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domeviable — a little less expensive — but I would say almost 100 percent of our customers would not go that route,” Ricci said.
Air-supported roofs are an efficient way to cover a large area, but they’re outdated in the pub-lic’s perception, said Benjamin Flowers, an associ-ate professor of architecture at the Georgia Insti-tute of Technology who studies stadiums.
“It’s not because they don’t work well,” he said. “This particular technology, because it has been
around, it is not a likely choice for a team that wants to invest, let’s say, $1 billion or three-quarters of $1 billion in a new project,” Flowers added. “They’re going to want something that looks like it costs that kind of money to build.”
It’s unclear exactly when serious discussions
about a new stadium started. Kenneth “Buzz” Shaw, SU’s chancellor from
1991-2004, said the topic of a new stadium never came up during his tenure.
A Rutgers-Newark spokesman said late last week he’d check if Nancy Cantor, chancellor from 2004-2013, would be available for an interview. He did not respond to three phone calls this week.
During the 2014 State of the City Address on Jan. 23, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced the creation of a task force to look at the possible effects of a new stadium.
Miner has said she’s not for or against the pro-posal, but that if a new stadium is worth building, “it is worth doing right.”
Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of Syracuse’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Devel-opment and chair of the task force, said he antici-pates it will meet for the first time in the next two to three weeks. Goals and a timeframe for the task
force are to be determined, he said. City, county and state politicians appear to
have mixed opinions about whether a new stadium will be built in the near future.
“It seems as though the opportunity for a multi-venue sports entertainment facility down on Erie Boulevard — probably with state money at this time — has probably come and gone,” said District Councilor Jake Barrett, who had publicly sup-ported the project.
“In a word,” said Councilor At-Large Kathleen Joy, another supporter, “dim.”
Onondaga County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon said he didn’t think “the stars would align like this next year or the following year.” The state and county haven’t said anything about com-ing back into the deal, McMahon said.
Ben Dublin, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney’s chief of staff, did not return eight calls inquiring about Mahoney’s outlook on
the future of the proposal. Cuomo addressed the issue when asked about
the project last week in Solvay, N.Y.“Next year is another year and we’ll see what
happens in the future,” Cuomo said.A Cuomo spokesman emailed a transcript of
the governor’s answer. The Daily Orange did not have a reporter in attendance.
The letter SU’s stadium consultant sent to Miner appeared optimistic.
“We believe the state and county remain interested in creating a structure that would facilitate the implementation of the project vision,” part of it read.
Linda Ervin, the Democratic floor leader of the county legislature who’s involved with the task force, was also hopeful about the stadium’s future.
“And if it’s meant to be, and when it’s meant to be, rather,” Ervin said, “It’ll be.”
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ASyracuse University alumnus is helping the graffiti move-ment return to the present
with an art exhibition that has been years in the making.
Sean Corcoran, a College of Visu-al and Performing Arts graduate, is curating “City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collec-tion,” which opened Feb. 4 at The Museum of the City of New York and will be on display until Aug. 24. Corcoran is the museum’s curator of prints and photographs. He said this project has been in progress for about five years.
Wong, with the help of his friends, collected images of graffiti from the 1960s and 70s through trade or pur-chase, Corcoran said. Wong’s own work includes a collection of more than 300 works on paper, canvas and other media, not including his own 55 sketchbooks, called “black books,” he added.
Wong was a Chinese-A merican a r tist who worked w ith rea list art and ceramics. He was inf luen-tial within the New York City art scene and mentored young paint-ers, according to a press release from The Museum of the City of New York.
“This collection is a window into the time period of New York that is very important,” Corcoran said. “What we’re showing is the output, the result, of a time period of New York, the 70s and 80s, that basically the city was near bankruptcy and there was a lot of services that were discontinued or slowed down.”
As a curator, Corcoran said he compiled the collection and care-fully selected material he thought would best reflect Wong as a col-lector from the 1970s. He started editing the black books about five
By Bodeline Dautruchestaff writer
Syracuse University students have more opportunities to get involved in the Near Westside now that 601 Tully has started new afterschool and Saturday art programs.
“We’ve had the Homework Club since last semester and thought of
creating the Creative workshop with more focus on the younger kids,” said Melissa Gardiner, the coordina-tor of public programs at 601 Tully. “We’ve started this because it’s art-related and will give the students confidence and allow them to be creative. They also interact and develop relationships with all these different artists who live and work
in the community.” 601 Tully: The Center for Engaged
Art and Research provides elemen-tary and middle school-aged students with new artistic concepts every week and homework help. It plans to bring in graffiti artists, DJs and African dancers, among others, for the stu-dents to learn from.
The afterschool program will run
Mondays and Thursdays from 3:45 to 5:30 p.m., and the Saturday art programs are during the afternoon.
It will also benefit the same stu-dents by teaching them how to make art projects using old and recycled items. Some of the projects include making a birdhouse out of floppy disks and creating kaleidoscopes.
“The students will be learning to
use things around them to make art,” Gardiner said. John Cardone, the lead teacher of the program, said cre-ating art through recycled products was beneficial because the program has a lack of funding.
He added that using recycled goods as a resource was both fru-gal and crafty, allowing students to
Program starts afterschool, weekend children’s art classes
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(CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP-LEFT) Lion’s Den Handball by Lee Quiñones, Untitled by Cey Adams, Untitled by Keith Haring and The Death of Graffiti by LADY PINK are all pieces that will be displayed. courtesy of the museum of the city of new york
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“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”Director: Kenneth BranaghCast: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin CostnerRelease date: Jan. 17Rating: 3/5
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By Vince Loncto staff writer
For thrill-lovers seeking a fresh twist on a classic Tom Clancy character, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is a well-execut-
ed depiction of Clancy’s original vision.But for casual moviegoers, it’s not much
more than just another action flick: fast-paced and entertaining, but predictable.
The movie begins with Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), a math prodigy, studying at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Jack is between classes when he passes people huddled around a television. Jack looks, and the camera pans to footage of the twin towers, burning in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
This is the first deviation from the original Jack Ryan story. Much like the James Bond franchise’s reboot, “Shadow Recruit” places a familiar char-acter in newer, more modern circumstances.
The film then moves to Afghanistan where Jack, now a Marine, is in a helicopter after a mission. The helicopter is shot down, and Ryan miraculously survives, though doctors say he
may never walk again. Ryan is recovering back in the United States
when he catches the eye of Thomas Harper. Harper, observing Ryan’s smarts and drive from afar, eventually approaches him about joining the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA will be able to place Ryan undercover on Wall Street with a financial analysis job that will allow him to track suspected terrorist plots.
Because he’s still eager to serve his country, Ryan agrees.
The film flashes forward again, this time to downtown Manhattan. This was one of the frustrating aspects of the movie because, though skipping some time was necessary to set up the majority of the film, the movie bounced from London, to Afghanistan, to Maryland, and, finally, to New York City in a span no longer than 15 minutes.
It was also unclear how much time was supposed to have passed when Ryan was recov-ering, and how long he had been at his agency. The impression that the audience gets is that Ryan has been in New York for about three or four years, which would set the film in about
2008 or 2009; however, Jack is shown using a Nokia Lumia several times, a phone that came out in the fall of 2011.
Once in NYC, Ryan is well-liked and well-respected at his company, but still doing undercover work for the CIA. He finds that an account named Cherevin, based in Russia, is suddenly hidden from his company’s network.
Ryan and Harper discover the accounts are a part of a larger conspiracy to bring the American economy to its knees. They and their team must find a way to foil the conspiracy and save America from what Ryan calls “the second Great Depression.”
A pleasant surprise of “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” was the quality of the acting by its star. Chris Pine, though unflappable in fighting scenes, did well in showing the confusion and worry that someone thrown into his situation might have.
Another good thing was the finance-based attack. It was a wise move by writers Adam Cozad and David Koepp, as it allowed the movie to highlight the chess game of international politics. Additionally, an economics-central plot reflects more present-day anxieties.
Cozad and Koepp also devised a logical and largely believable plotline, something that many action movies struggle with. But the perfect coordination of the CIA team, which was exhibited over and over, became a little difficult to believe.
Additionally, the action scenes were well-shot, blending chaotic and shaky shots that imitated real fighting and shots that allowed the viewer to understand what was going on. The brilliant strategies of Ryan and his team allowed for lim-ited but more believable gun fighting.
However, about mid-way through the movie, the antagonist’s plan is clear, so Ryan and his team are able to attack it with ease. “Shadow Recruit” could have used a creative twist to make the final segments of the movie more captivating.
“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is a more mod-ern take on the classics of action films. It moves quickly and employs a script that depends more on tactics than gunfire. However, it can be hard to follow, and you can see the ending coming from a long way away — it didn’t lurk in the shadows after all.
SHADOW
Despite decent scenes, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” falls short with predictable plot
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learn a new way of “thinking outside the box and the importance of creation instead of consumption.”
601 Tully has partnered with numerous organizations in the past, including SU’s School of Education, the Kauffman Founda-tion and the Near West Side Initiative, to
cultivate art through education by providing a space for artists to use, especially students, since its establishment in 2010.
“Marion Wilson and her staff are so dedi-cated to bring art to the community. They provide a holistic environment using art,” said Maarten Jacobs, director of the Near Westside Initiative.
The art programs give many students, especially in this area, the opportunity to
utilize their artistic skills. Jacobs said he feels the 601 Tully programs
are important to the community, saying that it is filling the void of youth educational pro-grams in the area.
“The programs will positively impact the students. After spending a long day in school, they can come to a safe space where they can be creative,” he said.
Although the programs have already started, 601 Tully is continuing to look for vol-unteer teachers. Potential applicants include high school students, SU students and adults within the community.
Applications for both the afterschool and Saturday programs are available on 601 Tul-ly’s website.
“A lot of public schools in the Syracuse area, like many in the U.S., have a lack of art programs,” Cardone said. “Students now have a safe space to use their art skills and a healthy use of their time.”
Volunteers for the afterschool program will help students with homework assign-ments and other academic programs. Volun-teers will also act as assistants to the guest artists. During the Saturday program, volun-teers will be there to aid the artists and help with the art projects.
Said Gardiner: “Through our program, students will have a sense of identity. They will develop positive relationships with their peers and their teachers and gain many tools that will enable them to express themselves.”
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years ago. The show begins with photographs of
the graffiti and eases into Wong’s paint-ings and sketchbooks, which were donated to the museum in 1994. Wong’s goal was to capture the effect of graffiti writing he saw throughout New York City, according to the release.
“Modern graffiti came to New York City in the late 1960s and exploded in the 1970s. For a time, graffiti not only defined the city, but much like hip-hop, it positioned New York as home of the movement,” according to the release.
The influence on world culture is shown throughout Wong’s collection, Corcoran said.
“Kids in the city were kind of free to use their creativity and get away with things that today you couldn’t,” Corcoran said. “Basi-cally what was born in New York we see worldwide in culture today. That’s what it’s all about.”
The exhibition also features the work of other artists that ref lect the graffiti movement. This took years of research and dedication for Corcoran as the curator, as he had to track down each artist and talk to them about their experience in the graffiti movement.
Corcoran said he had to get to know the artists and their place in the history of the movement.
“On the other side of it, he was trying to understand who Martin was through his friends,” Corcoran said. “It was a deep and complicated relationship between the col-lector and the collection and the artists in the collection.”
Corcoran said his favorite piece in the collection is “Wicked Gary’s Tag Collection,” which is a collection of about 60 tags that date from 1970-1973. Wicked Gary carried around cardboard squares and had his friends “tag them” with graffiti, Corcoran said. It’s very rare and unique, which is why Corcoran said
he enjoys the piece.Corcoran said he owes his work opportu-
nities and knowledge to his time at SU — he graduated with a degree in museum studies. As a graduate assistant at the University Art Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building, he learned how to put together exhibitions, which is exactly what he does today.
“My years at Syracuse really helped me get a basic knowledge on what it is to do research on a collection,” Corcoran said. “Without that baseline education, I don’t know if I could be where I am today.”
Edward Aiken, director of SU’s graduate program in museum studies and a senior
curator of the Syracuse University Art Gal-leries, describes Corcoran as an accom-plished curator.
The museum studies program in VPA is one of the oldest programs in the United States and works closely with other colleges so students can have a well-rounded educa-tion. Many graduates of the program pur-sue concurrent degrees or work at museums worldwide, said Aiken.
“They’re all very hardworking and dedi-cated,” Aiken said of VPA students and gradu-ates. “We are very proud of Sean. Sean is a shining example.”
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That considered, Berman projected Edouard to play tight end or even on the defen-sive line. Then he picked up a ball and threw it 71 yards in the air flat-footed.
“That was the first time I saw him play and it was one of those things that kind of just hap-pened,” Berman said. “Right there I decided we’d start developing him as a quarterback.”
As Edouard’s ability became apparent, those surrounding the Hialeah program wanted to see him on the field. They pressured Berman to start the young quarterback, but he insisted on deliberate, steady growth that would couple Edouard’s skill with a concrete understanding of the game.
Then when Berman finally started Edouard at the end of his sophomore season, he woke a sleeping giant. Months of prepara-tion yielded a young quarterback that could not only throw and run, but read coverages, block out of the backfield and sense pressure
on his blindside. “Once he started, there really was no reason
to ever take him off the field,” Berman said. It all made his eventual commitment to
Miami more inevitable than anything else. The Hurricanes made him feel like a top pri-
ority. It was his dream school, and when those two paths collided, his family and friends were overjoyed at the prospect of watching him play for four more years.
Then the doubt set in. Miami recruited quarterbacks Brad Kaaya
and Malik Rosier — four-star and three-star prospects, respectively, both ranked higher than him. Edouard used to be able to call the office and talk to a coach at any time of the day. Now the phone kept ringing.
He used to get up and only think about playing in the city that gave him his name. A raucous crowd of green and orange. His child-hood in one section of Sun Life Stadium and his future — rows of NFL scouts — in another. But now he questioned that vision and the future that had been inescapably carved out for him.
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decision to Syracuse and Michigan. • Corey Cooper is a three-star receiver who took a prep year at Jireh (Matthews, N.C.) Prep before enrolling this spring. The trio of wideouts are also joined by a pair of big-target tight ends:• Jamal Custis (6-6, 225), who was origi-nally recruited as a receiver on Scout, has
a listed 40-yard dash time of 4.37 seconds. Adley Enoicy, (6-6, 215) who committed to the Orange on Sunday, is also listed as a tight end and received offers from Auburn, Miami (Fla.), Florida and Florida State, among other top schools. Wednesday is national signing day and these players, as well as the rest of SU’s verbal commitments, are expected to sign their let-ters of intent.
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“It just started to not feel right anymore,” Edouard said, “a little less right every day.”
Bridgewater understood the position Edouard was in.
When he was being recruited out of Miami Northwestern (Fla.) High School, he was also coaxed by the Hurricanes and had a city of fans, friends and family whispering in his ear. But after visiting Louisville, Bridgewater real-ized it was important to experience another place, and let another place experience him.
Three years later, it was also important to Bridgewater for Edouard to see the benefits of his decision.
“If I didn’t leave Florida to go showcase my talent somewhere else, I wouldn’t have reached my full potential,” Edouard said Bridgewater told him. “People here know you are good so it’s time to show that to someone else.”
Four unprecedented seasons at Louisville have Bridgewater projected to be a top pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, all the evidence Edouard needed. He verbally committed to the Orange on Oct. 20.
“It all made sense to me,” Edouard said. “Teddy was someone who was telling me what was best for me, not anybody else. All he ever says to me is that he wants me to be better than him.
“And going away from home could allow me to do that.”
Now Edouard is the self-appointed ambas-sador of Syracuse’s incoming class. He actively plugs the Orange on Twitter, often texts play-ers he knows about SU and has, on many occa-sions, dubbed his group as the one that will push Syracuse over the top.
With the help of offensive coordina-tor George McDonald, SU has established a recruiting pipeline from Florida to Central New York. Edouard’s also at the center of that, as five Florida natives have pledged to the Orange since he committed.
That list includes three-star tight end Adley Enoicy (Delray Beach, Fla.) who verbally com-mitted on Sunday, and three-star wide receiver Steve Ishmael (North Miami Beach, Fla.) who pledged to the Orange on Tuesday.
“He’s always texting me,” Ishmael said. “No matter what I was doing recruiting-wise he would be sure to let me know that Syracuse was a great option for me.”
When Edouard officially visited Syracuse on Jan. 17, it was the first time he had seen the campus. He arrived at night so when he woke up in his hotel room the next morning, he walked to the window to see his future home in daylight.
That’s when Edouard saw something he had never seen before. Snow. Snow on the ground. Snow covering cars. Snow streaming out of the sky.
He stood at that window for a while and smiled.
He was a long way from sunny Miami — in miles and temperature — but it was new, and he liked it.
Said Edouard: “When I saw that snow coming out of the sky something inside of me was just saying that the future here holds great things.”
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By David Wilsonstaff writer
After a narrow 61-55 victory against Notre Dame on Monday, Syracuse’s locker room didn’t feel like that of the No. 1 team in the country.
No one — save for Trevor Cooney — had played particularly well and the Orange barely edged a team that’s far closer to .500 than No. 1. SU’s first game trying to protect the top spot in the polls was nearly a disaster and Syracuse was much more concerned with the most recent one than all the games that helped it get to No. 1.
“Coach let us know that right now this basi-cally means nothing and we want to be playing our best basketball at the end of the season,” SU point guard Tyler Ennis said. “So whether we’re ranked or not, right now that really doesn’t matter.”
By virtue of its win against then-No. 17 Duke and then-No. 1 Arizona’s loss to California on Saturday, the Orange moved up to No. 1 —
unanimously — on Monday, before it hosted the Fighting Irish. SU is the first unanimous top team since Duke in 2010-11.
Syracuse survived a scare against UND, but players insisted that it had nothing to do with the pressure of being No. 1.
“I think we’ve been dealing with this all year so far,” Ennis said. “Every team that we’ve played has been hitting shots. We kind of expect it now. We’ve got to come in every game and be ready to play.”
The last time Syracuse raced out to the best start in school history and claimed the top spot in the rankings, it traveled to South Bend, Ind., and suffered its first loss of the season to the Irish.
Forward C.J. Fair was a contributor left from that 2011-12 team and he said he had completely forgotten that it was the Fighting Irish who delivered that loss until someone reminded him during warmups.
“That was in the back of my mind,” Fair said. “Didn’t want that to happen again.”
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By Josh Hyberstaff writer
Since hosting Maggie Morrison on a visit to Syracuse last April, sophomore guard Brittney Sykes and the Vanderbilt transfer have become inseparable.
When Morrison first came to campus, she attended the ‘Cuse Awards with Sykes and the rest of the SU team. She and Sykes clicked instanta-neously, despite their contrasting personalities.
Midway through this season, their closeness persists both on and off the court. They’ve become what they call “Brodys,” and shown that opposites do attract.
“Maggie is like a family member that I’ve always wanted,” Sykes said. “She’s in my family. I talk to her mom almost every day. She talks to my mom. We’re pretty close.”
“Brody” is a term originally coined by Sykes. She was watching TV one day a few years ago and saw a show with the name Brody in the title. For whatever reason, it stuck. And years later when she and Morrison began to form their bond, Sykes soon began to call her, “her Brody.”
“The team makes jokes, you know, no, that’s your Sisty,” Sykes said. “Brody is just brotherly love.”
“That’s my Brody,” Morrison said. “I don’t know. It just kind of came up. It just kind of happened.”
Brody marathons include — along with other SU teammates — going to Destiny USA and going bowling. On campus, when Sykes isn’t jump-ing out from around corners to scare Morrison, they’re either eating or working out at the Carme-lo K. Anthony Center. When they’re home from practice, they watch Law & Order: Special Vic-tims Unit, Ridiculousness or SportsCenter before doing homework and crashing on the couch.
“I’m more of the outgoing, social butterfly, and Maggie’s more of the low-key, awkward kid who doesn’t really say much in a group,” Sykes said. “But when we’re around each other, it really doesn’t seem like she’s an awkward, non-sociable person.”
Although Morrison said her and Sykes are
“pretty much attached at the hip,” there have been times when Sykes leaves her Brody out to dry. Just for fun, when the two are speaking in a group, Sykes will ask Morrison to make a com-ment or inject her opinion.
Sometimes Sykes will even walk away from a group just to force Morrison to speak.
“I try to put her at the center of attention when she doesn’t like it,” Sykes said. “And she’ll just say, ‘You know I don’t like to speak!’ Just to get her uncomfortable is the funniest thing ever.”
“She’s a jerk,” Morrison responded jokingly. Morrison said Sykes has definitely helped her
come out of her shell. Whereas at Vanderbilt Mor-
rison was strictly friends with players on the team, at Syracuse her friend group is more scattered. Especially since she can’t play or travel with the team, having friends that are in SU is important.
On the court, it’s almost the complete oppo-site. Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman said Morrison is extremely vocal. Sykes, who leads the team with 17.7 points a game, lets her play speak for itself.
For Sykes, it will be a special moment when her Brody finally dons a game uniform — Mor-rison a point guard and Sykes a shooting guard.
“On the court they have a chemistry, you can tell,” Hillsman said.
And although the Brodys stay in contact when SU goes on the road, Sykes admitted to getting sad sometimes because Morrison can’t be with her and the team.
Said Sykes: “Our friendship is really close. Everybody sometimes makes fun of us, but we don’t really care.”
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By Jesse Doughertyasst. sports editor
A 15-year-old Alin Edouard wanted to know if he was good enough.
Edouard was a budding quarter-back at Hialeah (Fla.) High School and people were starting to tout his speed and skill. He was quickly coined a natural and even had a high-light tape to show to colleges.
But he wanted to impress some-one else.
At the time, Miami native Teddy Bridgewater was getting his feet wet as a freshman quarterback at Louis-ville and Edouard watched every one of his games. Edouard loved Bridge-water’s arm strength, footwork and ability to escape a collapsing pocket. He saw a lot of himself in the ascend-ing Cardinal.
So Edouard shamelessly friended Bridgewater on Facebook and asked him to look at his game tapes.
“He had no clue who I was and didn’t even know I played football,” Edouard said. “But once I con-vinced him to look at them, he was really impressed and we became really close.”
Now the teenager on the com-puter screen is expected to sign his letter of intent to play at Syracuse on national signing day on Wednesday. In the last three years, Edouard’s pedigree as a dual-threat quarter-
By David Wilsonstaff writer
Three-star wide receiver Steve Ish-mael verbally committed to Syracuse on Tuesday, he confirmed in a text message to The Daily Orange.
Ishmael, from North Miami Beach (Fla.) High School, also had offers from Boston College, Louisville, Cin-cinnati, Illinois, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Nebraska, Tennessee and
West Virginia.“I chose Syracuse because my
r e l a t i o n s h i p with Coach McDonald and Shafer is right,” Ishmael said Tuesday night.
The receiver also said that the chance to
play with good friend Alin Edouard — a three-star quarterback commit from the Miami (Fla.) area — led him to choose SU.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pound wide receiver had 63 catches for 978 yards and 17 touchdowns during his senior season in North Miami Beach, according to SouthFloridaHigh-SchoolSports.com.
Ishmael visited the Orange on
the weekend of Jan. 17 and attended Syracuse’s men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh. After his visit, he called Syracuse his “No. 1” choice. He had also visited the Bearcats, Fight-ing Illini and Cardinals, according to Scout.com.
Ishmael becomes the 23rd mem-ber of the Class of 2014 and the third wide receiver. He is ranked as the 86th-best wideout in the Class of
2014 and joins a group of impressive offensive weapons.
Other notable receiving threats include:• K.J. Williams is a four-star wide receiver — SU’s first four-star com-mit since Ashton Broyld and Ron Thompson two years ago — and is the highest rated recruit in the class. He chose the Orange after narrowing his
Once committed to Miami, 3-star QB Edouard leads SU’s 2014 class
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back swelled in the Miami area, and he even verbally committed to play for the University of Miami (Fla.) in February of 2013.
Then the three-star quarterback grew wary of his commitment to the Hurricanes and — with Bridgewa-ter’s help — opted to head one of Syracuse’s best recruiting classes in recent memory.
“I had to decide where I would have the best chance to succeed myself and with a team,” Edouard said. “Syracuse presented an oppor-tunity for both.”
When Hialeah head coach Marc Berman first penciled Edouard onto
his roster, the sophomore standing in front of him wasn’t a quarterback.
Edouard was fast. Really fast. And had the necessary build. But he had only thrown a football in the street, and neighborhood football didn’t exude a polished signal caller.
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