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By Tim KowalskyCONTRIBUTING WRITER

W ith thousands of attendants flooding to events like the Ultra Music Festival and Tomorrow-land, it’s easy to see that producers of electronic

dance music (EDM) have some of the largest and most loyal fan bases.

But while EDM icons like Tiësto and Armin van Buuren may rack up millions of followers, they had to work their way up the ranks just like everyone else.

With that in mind, and the goal to create a presence for local artists, student producers in the Bandier Program created Electro Cuse, a series of mixtapes featuring the work of Syracuse University DJs.

EDM has successfully made a home for itself on the hill. With the fourth mixtape of student work set to be released in November, Electro Cuse has proven itself effective in drawing listeners to the work of Syracuse’s own rising stars, as its artists have begun gaining hundreds of followers on SoundCloud. Plus, it’s a free way for the community to support the work of fellow students.

“EDM is huge here on the Syracuse campus,” said Jeff Cucinell, a senior television, radio and film major who handles public relations and merchandis-ing for Marshall Street Records.

The compilations created by Electro Cuse are released through the Marshall Street Records label, which began in 1996 as the brainchild of David Rezak, the current director of the Bandier Program. Today, the record label is primarily managed and operated by SU students who are enrolled in the Bandier Program as well as students in the music industry program within the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

While the label signs musicians from multiple genres, Electro Cuse caters primarily to electronic music creators. All student producers of EDM are welcome to send in their music for a chance to be on the tape, but Cucinell said the label looks to sign student DJs sooner rather than later into their college careers.

“We try to sign artists during their freshman year,” Cucinell said. “That way we have four years to develop them on the label.”

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By Annie PalmerASST. NEWS EDITOR

SUNY-ESF is entering the last phase of its presidential search as the final can-didates begin visiting campus this week.

The presidential search committee for the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced that it had selected five final candidates last Wednesday.

The presidential search committee includes a student representative, faculty

and members of the ESF Board of Trust-ees, according to ESF’s website. The new president is expected to be announced in December.

The five candidates are: Mary Pearl of Macaulay Honors College; Robert Pre-zant of Montclair State University; Quen-tin Wheeler of Arizona State University; Aldemaro Romero of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; and James Coleman of Virginia Commonwealth Uni-versity, according to the website.

The candidates will visit for two days and meet with several of the college’s constituency groups in open forums, tour the campus and meet with members of the city’s community, said Vita DeMar-chi, chairwoman of the ESF Board of Trustees and co-chair of the presidential search committee.

ESF President Cornelius Murphy announced in December he would step down within a year. DeMarchi said the committee hopes to honor Murphy’s

legacy in its search for a new president by looking for three main qualities in its candidates: a passion for sustaining the college’s mission, providing a vision for ESF in the present and future and further improving the college’s national rank-ing. She said the committee developed its focus by surveying its constituencies early on in the search process.

“We want our candidates to bring fun-draising and inspiration to the college,”

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A new reform aimed at broadening ten-ure restrictions to include more communi-ty-based scholarship was announced by Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor on Sept. 30 at Rutgers University.

The Tenure Team Initiative, which will open tenure up to faculty involved in commu-nity-based projects and art ventures, provokes mixed feelings from administrators and fac-ulty at SU given the sensitive nature of tenure.

“As people have developed new kinds of digital work, and new kinds of collaborations, the ‘reward system’ has had to continually adapt,” said Director of Imagining America Julie Elli-son, a consortium of colleges sharing this ideal.

This initiative is an adaptation to review work done in the community and arts when a faculty member is up for tenure.

Sue Peck, who works in the dean’s office at the School of Visual and Performing Arts, said she is thrilled. She said giving weight to faculty’s involvement in the community is something that should be considered in tenure cases.

Kendall Phillips, professor of communica-tion and rhetorical studies, felt differently, saying opening up tenure requirements to community involvement may under-mine the importance of research at SU.

“My first reaction is hesitance. There is a real danger of forgetting that we’re a scholarly unit. It’s almost like we’re embarrassed that we do research,” Phil-lips said, who is also a member of Univer-sity Senate on the Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics Committee.

Cantor will head the initiative through Imagining America with President Steven Lavine of the California Institute of the Arts.

Associate Chancellor Jo Thomas said the new policy will attract younger scholars and faculty that are interested in the arts and in the community because they can maintain their interests there and still be considered for tenure.

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Saying yesThe city of Syracuse’s Say Yes to Education program is spreading its influence by open-ing different programs across the country.

Movie maestroItalian film poster artist Maestro Silvano Campeggi will speak as a part of the Syra-cuse International Film Festival.

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By Rahimon NasaCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the spring 2014 deadline on Tuesday, SU Abroad is still offer-ing the opportunity for students to study in the Middle East, despite ongoing conflicts in the region.

Students may visit Jordan, Leb-anon, Morocco, Tunisia or Turkey, according to SU Abroad’s website. The American University in Cairo, one of SU Abroad’s world partners, is the only program to have been closed, said Debbie Goddard, coun-selor for exchange, World Partner and short-term programs.

Heather Rounds, a sophomore Middle Eastern studies and maga-zine journalism major, said she is determined to completely immerse herself in the Arabic language in Jordan next spring, and will not let the conflict in its neighboring country of Syria stop her.

Rounds, a contributing writer for The Daily Orange, said she had originally hoped to study Arabic in Egypt next semester, but the pro-gram was closed due to the coun-try’s recent political instability.

“The program in Amman is one of the few language intensive programs left open to Syracuse University students,” Rounds said.

Last month, the United Nations found evidence of chemical weap-ons being used in an attack outside Damascus, Syria, which led the United States to consider military strikes in the country.

“My first choice was to study in Lebanon at the American University

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Duke professor discusses psychopath moralityBy Jesse Nichols

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

To prove to students that psychopaths were not morally responsible, a Duke University professor of practical eth-ics took the audience through a “four-course meal.”

The meal consisted of the following: the criteria for what makes someone a psychopath; whether or not psycho-paths are capable of moral decisions;

if they’re responsible for these deci-sions; and what was to be done about psychopaths. The lecture, given by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, a professor in Duke’s department of philosophy on Monday, raised controversy among some audience members.

Sinnott-Armstrong ensured the meal was vegetarian, to which the audience in Hall of Languages laughed and approved.

He added that to be morally responsible, one had to be receptive of moral reasoning, which psychopaths are not. As support for this conclu-sion, he referenced a scientific test that showed an absence of amygdala activity in a psychopath’s brain.

“The tentative conclusion for this,” Sinnott-Armstrong said, “is that psy-chopaths only pretend to think things are wrong to manipulate other people.”

To determine the criteria for what makes someone a psychopath, Sinnott-Armstrong presented about 30 categories that a psychopath for which they would test positively. Some of these included impulsivity and criminal versatility.

“It is my view that it’s of a biological kind,” Sinnott-Armstrong said, “it’s a disorder, as well as an evolved lifestyle.”

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WALTER SINNOTT–ARMSTRONG, a professor of practical ethics at Duke University, speaks about psychopathic mentality and how psycho-paths should be situated in the judicial system on Monday. He explained his argument by comparing it to a “four-course meal.”

By Renee CherryCONTRIBUTING WRITER

This October, students on campus will be celebrating National Walking Month with Walktober, a competition to see which team and person can walk the most in the upcoming weeks.

Walktober is open to all students, faculty and staff at SU, the State Uni-versity of New York College of Envi-ronmental Science and Forestry and SUNY Upstate Medical University. The campaign includes a competition in which participants track how often they walk throughout October, which ends on Oct. 28. Participants can com-pete individually or in teams.

The Walktober competition began

Monday. Participants will keep track of their daily running or walking mileage throughout the month of October, according to the Healthy Monday Syracuse website.

The competition is being offered in partnership with Healthy Monday, a public health initiative that aims to help end preventable diseases by offering various programs.

Though the competition is being held at SU for the first time this year, it is gaining widespread popularity among colleges and universities, said Joseph Lore, director of the Depart-ment of Recreation Services at SU.

“One of the goals of Walktober is for individuals to begin or continue

an exercise routine they may contin-ue into the fall and winter months,” Lore said.

Participants are also encouraged to set goals for themselves, he said.

Winners will be announced at SU’s RUN Scared Halloween Fun Run and Walk on Oct. 28, according to the web-site. Some of the prizes awarded will include gift certificates and SU gear.

The Halloween Fun Run and Walk includes one-mile and two-mile running or walking events and a costume contest, said Leah Moser, program coordinator for SU’s Healthy Monday campaign.

All Walktober participants will be automatically registered for the fun

run and walk, but the event is also open to any member of the commu-nity who didn’t participate in Walkto-ber, she said.

Participants are also encouraged to try out various mile-long routes marked on campus, in downtown Syracuse, and elsewhere throughout Syracuse, she said.

The teamwork encouraged by Walk-tober, Moser said, can help motivate people who are less physically active.

“Walktober is a great program for someone new to fitness or someone who wants to try something differ-ent,” she said. “Having a team or buddy makes it much easier to stick with your fitness routine because

it introduces some accountabil-ity, which can motivate someone who might otherwise not be active.”

Every member of the commu-nity was encouraged to participate, regardless of his or her physical level, Moser said.

“We recognize that everyone is in a different place in terms of their fitness goals, but we hope this sends a message to the campus that we support people being active, whatever that means for them,” Moser said. “We hope that Walktober partici-pants have fun with it and can reap some of the health benefits that come along with being more active.”

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WANT TO SEEOn Sept. 30, The Daily Orange Editorial Board published its opinion on the prospect of a campus-wide ban on tobacco use: there should not be one. Allow me to open up the other side of the argument.

The DOEB recognized that the “smell of cigarette smoke is a nuisance to many on campus,” but called it a “minor inconvenience” compared to the effect a ban would have on tobacco users. I would agree with this point, if all that I smelled was indeed just a smell.

As surely the entire campus community knows, the smell of tobacco smoke carries more than 250 toxins and chemicals, dangerous to all those who take it in. The National Institutes of Health considers secondhand smoke a known human carcinogen by itself. This “minor inconvenience” is deadly, killing more than 38,000 people in the U.S. every year.

Regarding the idea that a ban on tobacco use is a limit of a smoker’s freedom, I ask, what about the freedom of non-smokers to choose not to have their lives influenced by secondhand smoke? The university is allowing other mem-bers of my community to harm me in ways that I have chosen to not participate in.

Yes, smoking is a lifestyle choice, and yes, a

ban does have impacts on the freedom of smok-ers. However, smoking is not always a private action. It is not like eating a sandwich, or wear-ing sunglasses. Those acts have no bearing on the lives of others. Smoking affects people around the smoker, whether or not the smoker wants to do so or not.

However, I recognize what smoking is to a smoker and that is why I think the university needs to make a compromise between those who wish to see smoking prohibited and those who want to be able to smoke anywhere. Desig-nated smoking areas, which are convenient for smokers, should be created around campus.

There is a right path for the university to take and it is not what the DOEB suggested. The rights of smokers do not overpower the rights of non-smokers and vice versa. But the status quo is a complete domination of a minority over a majority. The university can-not stand by and let the rights of non-smokers be trampled on, let their health be negatively impacted and let its grounds be an example of a backward model.

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Say Yes to Education has not only proven to be a potential answer to college affordability, it has made Syracuse – both the university and city – a model for the nation to follow.

Say Yes to Education is a nation-al, nonprofit educational founda-tion committed to increasing high school and college graduation rates for the country’s urban youth. Say Yes confronts the financial crisis facing higher education today by partnering with universities to make tuition affordable.

On Sept. 18, 11 schools were added to the Say Yes compact, which allows eligible student candidates from low-income families to attend col-lege for free. Fifty-four schools are now in the compact. Some of these universities will provide full tuition to students whose annual family income is $75,000 or less.

It is notable that universities like Dartmouth College, Cornell University and Princeton Uni-versity joined the program. All prospective students deserve an opportunity to attend these high-

ranking universities if they have the grades to be accepted, regard-less of financial stability. Because of this expansion, more students have hope for their futures.

In Syracuse’s chapter of Say Yes, this hope is developed early on in a child’s schooling.

Syracuse was the site of the first citywide implementation of Say Yes to Education, providing support pro-grams to families and students from preschool through college, as well as the promise of college tuition. In 2009, the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families nationally recognized the local chapter.

Say Yes should continue to exe-cute this citywide model nationwide.

This citywide approach not only targets college-aged students, but also grade-school students whose lives could change because of Say Yes’ tutoring, after-school programming, family outreach,

scholarships, social work and psy-chological services.

In doing so, the organization creates a base for students to expand upon for a successful future – per-sonally and academically.

The organization encourages students to excel by offering them an opportunity for more in-depth learn-ing beyond the normal classroom setting. With mentoring programs that prepare students for standard-ized testing, the playing field is lev-eled among students from different financial backgrounds.

University partnership with Say Yes also fosters close relationships between school-aged kids and SU students by integrating the univer-sity with the local community. Other universities in urban communities across the country can benefit from this model.

This organization provides opportunities for students to ultimately achieve their goals, regardless of financial instability. In doing so, it creates realistic and exciting futures.

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Young people should not accept ‘teaching-to-the-test’ ideal

Through every ranking that the Princeton Review, U.S. News and other sources decide on, it

is disappointing that the driving fac-tor behind what makes a great school is now dependent upon student loan debt after graduation and earning potential of graduates.

What ever happened to picking a school because of its academic stan-dards, rich history or diversity?

A recent article published in Time magazine on Sept. 26, “What Colleges Will Teach in 2025,” explored the gap between “knowledge and know-how,” and the “crisis of effectiveness” col-leges are now facing.

According to the article, leaders in education have highlighted two solu-tions to this crisis as a way to analyze the development of college students and the role universities play in student growth as they head into the workplace: develop “a university rat-ings system…one that could include the earning power of an institution’s graduates as a factor,” or implement a test for graduates to complete upon leaving college.

Millennials have been so wrapped up in what our future earning poten-tial and job offers will be, that we have lost sight of the simple reason why colleges and universities were estab-lished -- for people to learn and grow.

Unfortunately, employers and insti-tutions have only helped to reinforce the belief that students are taught to the test, by developing yet another way to assess the general knowledge of college students.

In the August Wall Street Journal article “Are You Ready for the Post-College SAT?” it was found that a test has been created called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, or CLA+.

The Wall Street Journal described this test as a way of being able to “cut through grade-point averages and judge students’ real value to employ-ers.” Time Magazine also described the CLA+ as “an attempt to measure learning by asking critical-thinking questions.” Schools such as the University of Texas system and St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

already plan to implement this test. If the CLA+ is anything like the

SAT, ACT and other standardized tests, fuel will only be added to the fire that continues to burn the public’s perceived value of a college degree.

Imagine coming into college knowing that your future capability to be hired and earning potential were dependent upon the results of one general test. The unnecessary amount of stress the CLA+ could place on students would make this assessment yet another burden to study for and survive.

Isn’t finding a job hard enough as it is?

Millennials can no longer accept the ideology in America of teaching-to-the-test. We fed into those beliefs for long enough, especially through the arduous amount of work we put into preparing for a high score on the SAT.

The value of higher education has not diminished. If anything, it is more critical now than ever to have at least a bachelor’s degree. Unlike a decade ago, simply having a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree does not set one apart from the competition.

As students of Syracuse University, we have been provided with a unique opportunity to go against the current attitudes toward higher education, and bridge the gap between “knowl-edge and know-how.”

Higher education is not solely about passing tests and being a walk-ing book of facts.

It is about quickly scribbling notes in a loose-leaf notebook to keep up with a favorite professor’s fast-paced lecture, finding our passions in tucked-away classrooms and ultimately engag-ing with the world around us.

Nina Rodgers is a sophomore sociology major. Her column appears weekly. She

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By Brett SamuelsSTAFF WRITER

The idea of changing the Student Association’s name back to include “government” was highly debated at Monday’s meeting, which supporters say will help students understand what the organization does.

SA reviewed the first three articles of the proposed constitution at its meeting, which defined the roles of the overall organization, the assembly and the new speaker of the assembly position.

The meeting began at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. In addition to discussing the consti-tution, the assembly also elected two members to represent the College of Arts and Sciences.

Much of the focus on the constitution was on Article I, which Parliamentarian Ben Jones said defines what the organization is and what it does.

SA doesn’t currently have the word “govern-ment” in its title, Jones explained to the assembly.

“Who do we govern?” Jones asked the assembly. “We do not govern any students, we don’t tell anyone what to do. We exist as a voice for students.”

While SA used to have “government” in its title, it was removed in 2000 to better repre-sent its role, Jones said.

“We’re called SA because we’re supposed to be like a labor union for students,” Jones said. “We exist to be a body that represents the voice of the students, not as a body that speaks to the students about what they should do.”

Some assembly members provided rea-sons why “government” should be added to the organization name, which Vice President Duane Ford supported.

“We’re a body that appropriates almost $3

million of student money, and we pass legisla-tion every session that affects every student in a registered student organization,” Ford said.

Other assembly members agreed with Ford, and some added that changing the asso-ciation’s name would help clarify the identity of the organization for students unfamiliar with SA or its role on campus.

Recorder Nick Bonafilia said he believed changing SA’s name was “trivial, misguided and pompous.”

The assembly ultimately postponed the motion to add “government” to the name until its next meeting. It also reviewed articles II

and III of the proposed constitution.Article II outlines the responsibilities of all

assembly members, while Article III defines and creates the role of speaker of the assembly.

In addition to reviewing and debating the constitution, three candidates ran for two open seats to represent the College of Arts and Sciences.

The assembly elected Richard Ofosuhene, a sophomore chemistry major and Henry Hoku-ra, a freshman international relations major.

Ofosuhene is originally from Ghana, and said he had experience in taking on initiatives while in high school. He said he collected dona-

tions to buy trashcans to help clean up his com-munity, something the assembly took note of.

Jones, SA’s parliamentarian, said Ofos-uhene’s desire to serve the students really stood out to him.

Hokura said he wanted to join SA to have the chance to exercise his voice at SU.

Ford said Hokura is a second-generation student at Syracuse University, which gave him a unique perspective on certain issues.

Specific issues Hokura brought up includ-ed increasing printing quotas and improving the food quality.

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Electro Cuse promotes electronic artists to strengthen the EDM scene on campus. Despite being developed only a few years ago, there have already been three Electro Cuse volumes, each one slightly different from the last.

“As semesters have gone by, the styles of music have changed according to different influences,” said Annette House, Marshall Street Records’ general manager and senior music industry major.

Students who attended last year’s May-fest might recall a DJ duo known as The Chainsmokers who performed in Walnut Park. The group consisted of SU alumnus Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, who were previously featured on an Electro Cuse sampler and have gone on to perform along-side famed electronic artists like Avicii and Calvin Harris. Chemicals of Creation is another successful duo from SU consisting of Devon Stewart and John Kunz, who have shared the stage with producers like Zed’s Dead and Skrillex.

To those involved in the production of the

compilations, the explosion of interest in EDM is no surprise, as it is so easy to share the free mixtapes on SoundCloud.

“People have so much access to the creation and sharing of electronic music,” House said.

Sarah Shelton and Robert Lezama, both juniors in the Bandier Program, are responsible for compiling SU’s best student producers into Electro Cuse volumes. When it comes to finally deciding who gets put on the mix, Shelton said the criteria are actually quite simple.

“We choose what sounds good,” she said.However, Shelton added that the best

songs are the ones professionally produced and that show how much work the artists have put into them.

Between Vol. 1 and Vol. 3, there have been some clear changes in the style of elec-tronic music being produced in Syracuse. For instance, Vol. 2 showcases artists like N8 ST9, which provides an easy paced mix of pronounced wobbles, delicate vocals and background synthesizers. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Sultan + Ned Shepard, feat. Quila led an echoed vocal piece into a powerful four-on-the floor beat that resembles a style used commonly by DJs like Zedd.

“The first couple of mixes had more big

house songs, but now there are more songs with garage-band influences and slower tem-pos,” Shelton said.

These variations in style show the tran-sition from the standard bangers to more

relaxed songs. And the continuation of the Electro Cuse mixtapes show EDM’s increas-ing popularity. Shelton said Vol. 4 will be out before Thanksgiving Break.

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DeMarchi said. “We also want to kick the college into the next realm of being known and to become a future leadership in the environmental arena.”

DeMarchi said the finalists all possess quali-ties of leadership, charisma, impressive cre-dentials and a passion to involve ESF in their mission to make a difference in the world.

Romero, who will be visiting the ESF campus on Oct. 15 and 16, said he sees the presidential position as a “unique opportunity” to use his experience in environmental science, which ranges from writing a textbook in the subject to also heading several environmental science departments at various institutions.

He said he sees “tremendous potential” in the school, especially with the dedication that the

students, faculty and staff put into the institu-tion. He said the college could improve with more updated technology in classrooms, private funding and greater national recognition.

“I’m extremely excited about the opportu-nity,” Romero said. “I hope that if I’m selected I can give them more resources to be more proud of ESF — more proud of it than they already are.”

Prezant, one of the finalists, said he feels that it is a “particularly fortuitous moment” for a new president to join ESF as Syracuse Uni-versity welcomes a new chancellor. Solutions to issues of climate change, deforestation and other global issues require research by faculty and students at ESF, often in partnership with other academic institutions, he said in an email.

“I buy into the mission of SUNY-ESF as it seeks to advance the future health and sustain-able balance of our environment, both natural and designed,” Prezant said.

The rest of the candidates could not be reached for comment.

On the presidential search website, students have the option to provide input on what they would like to see in the next president. The committee created this option because it wanted to get as much input from students at all stages of the search, said Valerie Luzadis, ESF’s chair of the environmental studies department and a member of the search committee.

In the coming weeks, the committee will inter-view the candidates, produce a list of strengths and weaknesses for each candidate and then nar-row them down to three, Luzadis said. The three finalists will then be recommended to the ESF Board of Trustees, who will forward the names of the candidates to the SUNY chancellor. Both the chancellor and the ESF Board of Trustees will announce the final selection.

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of Beirut,” said Brian Ives, a junior international relations and broadcast and digital journalism major. “But I didn’t want to go to some place across the border from Damascus because there’s always the chance that it gets closed down.”

Ives said he was concerned that if security issues were to arise, he would have unfinished credits, which would set him back for gradua-tion. It ultimately led Ives to apply to Morocco, which he said would be the best choice for an Arabic speaking country.

Last spring, the Istanbul program ended a few days early due to security concerns from protests. To accommodate students’ needs, pro-gram officials allowed students to take their final exam in their residence halls, and had their

professor proctor the exam, said Mary Fedorko, counselor for Istanbul, Beijing and Hong Kong.

The Istanbul center, the only SU program in the Middle East, is still open to students, despite a travel warning the U.S. Department of State issued on Sept. 6.

Erika Wilkens-Sozen, director of SU’s Istan-bul program, explained in an email that the rea-son for the warning was because of a “drawdown of U.S. consular in the Turkish city of Adana.”

“We continue to monitor all potential security issues and currently determine that it is safe for students to join our program,” Wilkens-Sozen said.

The program director, program staff, asso-ciate provost for international education and engagement, key SU Abroad staff and members of the upper administration at SU are some of the people involved in making the decision on whether a program will be closed, she added.

To further assure the safety of students study-

ing abroad in Istanbul, students are prohibited from traveling to regions where there are higher security risks, such as in southeastern Turkey and the Syrian border region, she said.

Students who do not comply with these restrictions are expelled from the program, she also said. A similar policy applies to students studying abroad in other programs where such threats exist.

Wilkens-Sozen recommends students pre-pare for studying abroad in Turkey and its neighbors by reading up about ongoing conflicts in advance as well as familiarizing themselves with the geography of the region.

Said Wilkens-Sozen: “Student safety and security is our number one concern and is taken very seriously by all of our SU Study Abroad cen-ters and all issues related to student safety and security are assessed on a case-by-case basis.”

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Sinnott-Armstrong said he thought it was also unlikely that psychopaths could make moral decisions.

“There’s a 96 percent agreement of what’s morally right amongst the general public,” Sinnott-Armstrong said. But a psychopath “doesn’t think about [his crime] in a moral way, he’s only considering his own goals.”

Additionally, he said psychopaths were ultimately not responsible for their actions.

“They have the morals of a 3- or 4-year-old kid,” he said.

This caused some controversy among the audience, when Ada Anbar, an educator for more than 40 years, argued during the Q-and-A session that certain children pos-sess the ability to produce empathy.

Sinnott-Armstrong defended his point, saying the problem was not in empathy but in the moral judgment of the psychopath.

“He’s not an early educator,” Anbar said in an interview after the lecture. “I object to him comparing psychopaths to children.”

Sinnott-Armstrong also suggested that psychopaths be “quarantined” as a way to prevent them from entering society.

“We need to form a separate facility,” he said, “where they won’t hurt or manipulate other prisoners.”

But Sandra Hewett, a professor of neuro-science and biology at Syracuse University, disagreed with this idea, saying that there is no clear difference between quarantine and punishment.

“He’s doing scientific things as a philoso-pher,” she said. “I agree with the conclusion but I’m not sure the logic gets there.”

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the sweet stuff in the middle

yuki mizuma | staff photographer(TOP) BAILEY AND HENRY, dogs at the Rescue Me K9 Purebred Rescue, frolic. (BOTTOM) MARY COOPER is the executive director.

UnleashedNonprofit provides foster homes for homeless dogs

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By Jesse Nichols and Katie Richards

THE DAILY ORANGE

F or dog lovers, living away from home may be one of the hardest parts of going away to

college. But by becoming foster dog parents, students can come home to their off-campus apartment and be greeted by happily wagging tails once again.

October is National Adopt-A-Dog Month, but taking on the responsi-bility of adopting a dog as a student can be a challenge. Students who enjoy having a pet but don’t want the burden of full ownership or responsibility, can volunteer with the Rescue Me Purebred K9 Rescue to act as a foster parent for a dog in need of a home.

“We will walk you through the whole thing,” said Mary Cooper, the executive director of Rescue Me.

Rescue Me is a local, volunteer-driven organization with approxi-mately 25 total foster parents. The organization seeks to find tem-porary and permanent homes for dogs that have been neglected or surrendered by their owner for various reasons.

The organization is constantly looking for temporary parents to take care of dogs for a period of anywhere between five days to five months. And because most Syracuse Univer-sity students don’t have permanent residences in the city, they make ideal candidates for this role.

“We’ve had SU students take in dogs in the past, and it’s always been a wonderful experience,” said Geri Spencer, a board member at Rescue Me.

Cooper added that the SU hock-ey team has even acted as foster parents in the past.

In addition to the hockey team, individual students have also sheltered dogs. During his senior year at SU, Keith Tripler, a 2012 television, radio and film graduate, and his two roommates decided the time was right for them to help out dogs in need.

“They have a lot of dogs that are just sitting in cages right now and would be much better off with some attention in a new home,” Tripler said.

Tripler and his roommates fos-tered three dogs throughout their final year: Leila, an Irish Setter; Toby, a pit bull terrier and Chance, an American Staffordshire Terrier.

They looked after each dog for different periods of time, anywhere from a month and a half to about five months. One of the most chal-lenging parts of being a foster par-ent, aside from giving the dog up when a family finally adopted it,

was training the dog, Tripler said.“Some of these dogs have real

issues,” Tripler said. “Getting past those and having the patience to do that could be challenging at times.”

However, he said the experience is rewarding, since foster parents have a say in deciding what family their dog will end up with. Sometimes, the current foster parents will get to meet potential families and see how the dog interacts around new people. They then give input on whether or not the family will be a good fit for the

dog. Tripler said he had the oppor-tunity to meet his dog Chance’s new family — a husband and wife with two young girls — before giving up his foster responsibilities.

Rescue Me assures hesitant stu-dents that all veterinary costs and care are covered by the organiza-tion, including other necessities for the dog such as food and toys. Additionally, Rescue Me makes sure that the foster dog is friendly and safe to be around.


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shira stoll | staff photographerMIKE COLLINS, a senior history and selected studies major, has a tattoo of his family coat of arms and St. Michael, which Collins uses as a reminder to live virtuously.

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By Naomi FalkSTAFF WRITER

When Mike Collins got his first tattoo, he focused on the pain so much so that he fell asleep on the chair.

“It’s therapeutic in that sense, because it’s a very acute pain, like acupuncture,” Collins said.

The senior history and selected studies (guidance counseling) major has spent his fair share of time under the needle: The second of his two tattoos took more than six hours to complete. Both were the handy work of Witch City Ink, a highly respected and clean tattoo parlor about 20 minutes outside of Boston.

The smaller of the two tattoos — and his first — is a simple rendition of his family’s coat of arms on the right side of his back, which he got a couple of days after he turned 18.

Then came his investment piece: an intri-cate depiction of St. Michael on his left shoulder blade. Collins knew he wanted something biblical, but a passage from the Bible just didn’t appeal to him.

St. Michael was an archangel, the right hand of God, who was responsible for throw-

ing the devil out of heaven. He represents the good parts of the world and is a reminder to strive to be as virtuous as possible.

The image he chose is of a statue of the saint, located in Europe, rather than a more stereotypical image from a popular painting. One can see the lifelike quality of the artist’s detailed work in the almost photorealistic, dark curvature of the shield and in the saint himself.

“I guess I’ve always enjoyed the story and the idea of what he represents,” Collins said.

He gave his tattoo artist full control of the image and the placement, wanting to leave plenty of room for creativity. Collins also figured that getting a piece done on the opposite side of his other tattoo would even things out.

He said tattoo placement is of the utmost importance, noting that he likes how Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5, chose to place his pieces.

“If you get too many in one area, you look like a criminal, but good placement is art-ful,” Collins said.

Eventually, he plans to fill in the open parts on his back, blending the two tattoos together.

His next piece will be a dedication to his heritage. He said he wants to get a three-leaf clover on one collarbone and a fleur-de-lis on the other, representing his Irish-Catholic father and French-Catholic mother.

For now, he is more than content with the work he’s had done so far. St. Michael is a constant reminder of his own values and morals — a universally positive message.

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The organization strives to be flexible with students who travel. Open foster homes are available to dogs if a student goes away for the weekend or travels home during the holidays.

“They just need to feed the dog, take it for a

walk and give it love,” Cooper said. “We provide everything else.”

For students who feel temporary and flexible dog care would suit their lives and schedules, applications can be found online at rescuemek9.org. The application requires three student references, and the hopeful fos-ter parents must fill out a questionnaire, speci-fying types of dogs they are comfortable with,

how much time they can spend with the dog and how much previous experience they have caring for dogs. The organization may request to visit the students’ home if necessary.

Upon completion, the application can be emailed to any of the organization’s board members, whose emails may also be found on the website.

“We do an interview, we speak with the

landlord, we can even have a get-together with a couple of students who are interested in doing it,” Cooper said.

Once the application and interview process has been completed, board members will reach out to applicants and begin looking for homes that fit the dogs in need.

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By Elaina CrockettSTAFF WRITER

With Miley Cyrus and Justin

Bieber’s careers changing

before our eyes, there is

an understandable apprehension

toward artists younger than 20. But

16-year-old New Zealand singer Lorde

is the exception with her debut album

“Pure Heroine.”

Originally signed to Universal

Music Group at 13, Lorde has been

writing music for the last three years.

Her voice is distinct, with a slight

raspy tone and maturity well beyond

her age. “Pure Heroine” is no Disney

album. And it isn’t even pop. Her style

of music is a mixture of indie and

electro-pop, with noticeable influences

from SBTRKT and Lana Del Rey.

The album’s first single, “Royals,”

received acclaim in the United States, as

well as in Australia, New Zealand and

the United Kingdom. It’s a mainstream

song about, well, not being mainstream.

Lorde sings, “We count our dollars on

the train to the party, and everyone who

knows us knows that we’re fine with

this, we didn’t come from money.”

Lorde seems down to earth. The

music video for “Royals” shows her

friends just hanging around a residen-

tial area. There is no pomp and circum-

stance with her.

At first, she sounds a little like Jessie

J. when she raps in this song, and it’s

a nice comparison to Jessie J.’s “Price

Tag.” But Lorde, who also notes Nicki

Minaj as an inspiration, assures listeners

she is her own artist and is not trying to

imitate anyone.

“Tennis Court,” the second single

of the album, is catchy and mellow.

The beat is similar to Frank Ocean’s

“Thinking About You.” But the song is

incredibly original.

“Team” is an electro-pop sounding

track. She manipulates her voice, singing

in a lower register for a part of it, and

uses an echo effect as well. This was the

third single released from the album, but

it hasn’t been played on many American

radio stations yet. It’s a bittersweet song,

as she sings, “We live in cities you’ll

never see onscreen. Not very pretty, but

we sure know how to run things.” While

it’s not entirely clear if she is paying

homage to New Zealand, her exotic factor

is mysterious enough, and it’s exciting.

Some of the album’s greatest assets

include the hauntingly beautiful track,

“Ribs.” In the song, she admits “It feels so

scary getting old” over a choir of her own

voice, duplicated and harmonized. There

is a poetic element to this song. She only

mentions the word “ribs” once (which is

then repeated as an echo) but the song is

about something deeper. There is an ele-

ment of sadness, but she sings with such

authority and beauty that you almost

don’t want to know why. The same eerie

feelings are felt in “Still Sane.”

While “Pure Heroine” is a very

strong album, it could have used some

collaboration. Frank Ocean, Dillon or

Youth would have been excellent art-

ists with whom she could work with.

But Lorde remains in a category

of music that is all her own. She is a

world of contradictions. She is famous

while still maintaining humility. She is

foreign while still having an element of

familiarity. She is young while sounding

like someone who is way beyond her

years. So while she is still relatively new,

I’m excited to hear more of her music.

Lorde reassures us that young art-

ists don’t have to turn mainstream.

She has her own promising style, and

she doesn’t seem to be going anywhere

any time soon.

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Electro-pop princess

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Whelan has returned to full health this sea-son and will serve as one of the anchors of the cross-country team.

Whelan’s passion for cross-country came from his father Brian Whelan’s deep love for running. Brian Whelan, who ran marathons as a member of the Navy, was constantly training to stay in shape. Whelan said he paid close attention to his father’s thorough and regimented work ethic.

“He was the man in the house,” Whelan said. “He was always out going running and working hard, so it taught me to work hard for everything.”

Whelan’s mother, Andrea Whelan, took Joseph to see his first-ever race in Buffalo when he was 10 years old. It was here that he faced his first true test of character.

Whelan crept up to the starting line where his father was preparing for the 5,000-meter trek across a particularly hilly course. He wanted to run alongside his father, but Brian Whelan had other ideas, refusing to let Joseph participate.

“No, not this race,” his father warned. “You’re not ready.”

The gun sounded, and Brian Whelan took off across the uneven landscape. He peered over his shoulder to check on Joseph, who was supposed to be standing with his mother.

But he wasn’t there. Joseph was gliding stride-for-stride across the rigorous terrain, eager to prove his father wrong.

“The gun went off, and I ran it anyways,” Whelan said.

Whelan prided himself in displaying a hard-nosed attitude like his father. Whelan used that mentality to begin crafting his exceptional leadership at Hamburg High School, where he served as the cross-coun-try team captain.

Whelan frequently placed a high empha-sis on his role as a team leader, which speaks to his unselfish, caring personality. As a junior, Whelan ran the sectional meet with a broken foot, qualifying Hamburg (N.Y.) High School for its first appearance in the statewide meet in 30 years.

As a senior, Whelan missed his prom and graduation because he decided to compete in the Junior Outdoor Track and Field Champi-onships in Oregon.

“He always worried about everyone else besides himself,” Andrea Whelan said. “He was so determined to succeed and help the other kids.”

When Whelan first arrived in Syracuse, he said he struggled with the transition to college life. He had more free time on his hands, and didn’t have a mentor to give him advice, such as how to establish a training regimen or which vitamins to take daily.

“Usually when they’re freshmen, they do dumb kid stuff. They’re not very professional in their approach to the sport,” Fox said. “Joe had his struggles … but each year he’s taken on more responsibility.”

Whelan embraced that responsibility and continued to develop his maturity, which allowed him to be more professional in his approach to running.

Fox described Whelan as SU’s vocal leader, even though he has never been the most articulate person. Rather, Whelan expresses his caring, sensitive nature through his actions, allowing him to lead by example.

“He’s figured it out now,” Fox said. “He’s one of the anchors of our team.”

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By Phil D’AbbraccioASST. COPY EDITOR

Brian Wright needed a kicker.The one from the previous season had gradu-

ated, and the Cherry Hill West High School head coach was so desperate that he brought in a lacrosse player to try out. He didn’t cut it.

But then Rodney Williams, the New Jersey high school’s starting quarterback and safety, walked over and told his coach he could do it.

“The first time he kicked an extra point, it probably would’ve been good from about 50 yards out,” Wright said. “He’s just an awe-some athlete.

“He’s by far one of the best players in South Jersey and it’s a pretty talented area in terms of high school football.”

Williams, rated a three-star recruit by Scout, is one of Syracuse’s first verbal commits in the Class of 2014. He is being recruited as a defensive back, SU’s second in the incoming group. Wil-liams announced his verbal commitment to the Orange instead of Temple and Buffalo in June.

Not only is he Cherry Hill West’s starting quarterback, safety and placekicker, but Wil-liams also occasionally lines up as a slot receiver and as a cornerback. He also returns kickoffs and punts for the Lions. For a player who was sidelined four weeks with a pulled hamstring a year ago, the idea of playing essentially every snap might not be so enticing, but the potential of re-injury doesn’t diminish how much the Lions like to utilize his versatility.

“I’ll do anything that I have to and more for my team,” Williams said. “Now that I’m healthy, I have coaches and players pushing me every day. I’m back to 100 percent now and I’m confi-dent running full speed.

“I like having the ball in the open field. I think I’m a pretty decent weapon with the ball in my hands.”

Last season, Williams bounced back from his injury in grand style. In his second game back, the quarterback threw a touchdown pass, ran for two scores, caught a 47-yard touchdown and returned a punt 62 yards to the end zone.

Yet Wright’s favorite Williams highlight comes from a team practice at the end of last year.

Lined up at cornerback, Williams read a play that couldn’t have been much farther away from where he was. He broke off his coverage, sprinted across the field, jumped and perfectly timed a one-handed interception, keeping his feet in bounds.

“Everyone just sat there with their mouth wide open,” Wright said. “He just flipped the ball to my coach that was right there, went back and got ready for the next play like it was no big deal.”

Cherry Hill West defensive backs coach Tyree Jackson hasn’t seen many athletes quite like Williams.

He hadn’t ever seen a slot receiver facing double coverage take a slant 60 yards for a touchdown, before Williams. Jackson said he’s added an improved, more aggressive tackling

technique to an already outstanding skill set.The 5-foot-10 Williams said he expects to be

a good fit with the Syracuse defense, especially in defensive back blitzes. Williams said he sets the edge well when he blitzes, and he’s confident his hands and footwork allow him to cover any receiver he’s paired against.

Williams reads offenses well, his coaches said. If a receiver is quick enough to pick up a few steps on him, Williams’ explosiveness allows him to catch up and make a play on the ball.

“He’s built like no one else,” Jackson said. “This past week, we played against the No. 1 receiver — supposedly — in the state.

“Shut him down.”Timber Creek wide receiver Adonis Jen-

nings, a four-star Rutgers commit, went into Friday’s matchup against the Lions with 23 receptions, 443 yards and six touchdowns to his name through just two games.

The Chargers steamrolled Cherry Hill West by 24 points, but Jennings, shadowed by Wil-liams, finished with just two catches for a mea-sly 10 yards.

Wright imagines Williams will have no less success when he joins the Orange next year.

“I’ll match him one-on-one with anyone in South Jersey, and he’s going to win,” Wright said. “The kid, to his credit, has worked his butt off to put himself in this position. He has a goal in mind, he’s prepared to make the sacrifices to accomplish those goals.”

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that is characteristic of his no-nonsense play.He isn’t much for superstitions. Instead,

he finds comfort in a team meal leading up to every match before settling into quiet reflec-tion prior to warm ups. While the opponent at hand does cross his mind, he has trained himself to focus on other things.

“It’s always been hard not to focus on who

you’re playing but it’s not the most important thing,” Makowski said. “I mainly think about our game and what I can do to help the team win.”

It’s this game-to-game approach that has let Makowski thrive under strenuous situa-tions in the last two seasons. Junior Skylar Thomas, who normally starts next to him in the center of the defense, missed the final 10 games last season with a broken foot.

Thomas has been sidelined again this season with a hamstring injury and Tyler Hilliard, his replacement a season ago, has

been hurt as well. The once-deep defensive unit has been thinned and Makowski has been increasingly vocal while taking on more responsibility in sweeping out the opposing attack.

“He has helped me adapt to starting a lot,” said Brandon Albert, who replaced Thomas on the back line. “He’s stepped up for the whole defense and is helping everyone com-municate more.”

Against Duke, SU’s lone conference victo-ry, Makowski spearheaded a strong defensive effort that led the Orange to a 2-1 come-from-behind win. The performance earned him national recognition as he was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Sept. 23.

But he deflected any compliments regarding the achievement.

“It’s really not about me, just a testament to how well the team is doing,” Makowski said. “If I had to give anyone credit it’s the defense and the whole squad.”

Now SU will look to pick up the pieces once again. Syracuse lost 2-0 to Virginia at home on Saturday night and dropped to 1-3 in the ACC.

“There’s always the next day,” Makowski said after the game. “We’ll gather ourselves.”

And he’s right. Binghamton is a nonconfer-ence opponent that the Orange can regroup against, but that doesn’t mean he will approach it any differently.

He’ll eat with the team, dissect his personal and team goals and then take to the field. When the PA announcer calls his name he’ll gently acknowledge the crowd then situate his shaggy hair under a thin headband at his post in front of Alex Bono and the SU goal.

Then the whistle blows and another day at the office begins.

“Chris was our MVP last year,” McIntyre said. “When he’s going well you can tell the effect it has on the team.”

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a free ride to college.Now a freshman defensive lineman at Syra-

cuse, Johnson has seen action in three of four games. Two years ago, he didn’t believe he would go to any college, never mind playing football for Syracuse.

“Honestly I just said, ‘Hey, a free school,’” Johnson said. “I didn’t care what sport it was.”

Sylvester Johnson said his son played com-petitive basketball starting from the age of 10 and continued all the way through his senior year of high school.

The younger Johnson averaged close to eight points, seven rebounds and three assists per game as a sophomore forward and center, his father said, starting on a loaded Red Lion High School team.

But toward the end of the year, as the Lions vied for a Delaware state title, Johnson’s playing time started to dwindle. In the championship game, Sylvester Johnson said, Johnson played a mere 40 seconds.

“If he would have played more,” Johnson’s father said, “I don’t think he would have did football.”

Sylvester Johnson works as a custodial man-ager in Delaware. Colleagues would always ask him why his son was still playing basketball. At 6 feet 4 inches and 270 pounds of muscle, football was the obvious fit.

Midway through his junior basketball sea-son, Johnson’s father asked his son to work out with the football team to bulk up.

As soon as he did, he stood out to coaches and recruiters, including former Rutgers and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano.

“When he first started,” the elder Johnson

said, “he didn’t even know he wanted to play football. He didn’t have the hots for it.”

Recruiters told Johnson that if he stuck with football and dedicated the next few months to the sport he just picked up, he could eventually get a scholarship.

The looks emerged in bunches. First Marist, Massachusetts and Hawaii. Then Connecticut, Wake Forest and eventually Syracuse. Schools that Johnson didn’t lure on the court for basket-ball immediately noticed him for football.

“From the time he stepped on the field,” John-son’s high school football coach Dwayne Thomas said, “a lot of (Atlantic Coast Conference) schools were interested in him.”

None of those other looks mattered, though. Johnson had his sights set on Syracuse.

He committed to SU just two days after attend-ing a camp in June 2011. He was captivated by the cold weather, the school’s proximity to fam-ily in Buffalo and even the fact that Syracuse’s basketball team is one of the premier teams in the nation.

Now Johnson is comfortable as a second-stringer on the SU defense. This week he might see more time if starting defensive end Robert Welsh, who missed the second half against the Green Wave, is limited.

Playing football at Syracuse seemed unfath-omable three years ago, but now Johnson has found his sport and his niche.

Sylvester cried when he watched his son run through the tunnel at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., when Syracuse played Penn State.

“You don’t believe your son is going to be doing something like that,” he said. “I never saw it. I never would have imagined it.

“I thought it may have happened with bas-ketball, but I never thought it would happen with football.”

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By Austin MirminaSTAFF WRITER

W hile racing in the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on Nov.

12, 2011, Joseph Whelan started shift-ing his weight from right to left.

Less than a mile into a 10,000-meter race, Whelan glanced down toward his right heel and noticed something peculiar.

His shoe was loosening with each

successive stride. Whelan finally lost his shoe, but

he pushed himself forward to secure a qualifying spot in the NCAA Cham-

p i o n -ship for the Syr-a c u s e c r o s s -country p r o -gram.

“Our team was struggling in the regional qualifier a little bit,” head coach Chris Fox said. “Joe ended up finishing that race with one shoe and helped us get to the [NCAA Championship]. That shows you a lot of character.”

Whelan’s determination earned him a respectable 10th-place finish, good enough to qualify Syracuse for the cross-country national champi-onships. In finishing the race, Whel-

an displayed a team-first mentality, refusing to let a wardrobe malfunc-tion ruin SU’s outcome.

During his SU career, Whelan has blossomed into an influential role model, molded by his unique abil-ity to overcome adversity. Whelan learned valuable lessons from his hardships, and used his experience to become a vocal team leader. Hav-ing dealt with a plethora of injuries,

By Jesse DoughertyASST. COPY EDITOR

In the aftermath of Syracuse’s 3-0 loss to Notre Dame on Sept. 13, Chris Makowski wanted to quietly fade out.

But SU Athletics intern Alex Brooks i n t e r -r upt e d h i s e s c ap e f r o m S U

Soccer Stadium and guided him to postgame interviews. A small crowd waited for him with recorders in the air. “All of them?” Makowski asked. Brooks nodded.

Makowski knew why everyone wanted to talk to him. He had struggled throughout the contest and would have to recount the three goals SU conceded. So he stood, grass-stained from head to toe, and answered questions about his night-marish night.

He said the defense would do bet-ter. He said the team would do better. And, most importantly, he said he himself would do better.

Three wins in the four games since and Makowski has kept all of his promises.

He’ll look to continue his recent success when Syracuse (6-3, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) hosts Binghamton (2-5-2) at SU Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Makowski has been thrust into the defensive spotlight for the second straight season and has proven to be a pivotal part of the SU back line once again.

“Chris really struggled against Notre Dame and he knew it,” head coach Ian McIntyre said. “But he has really bounced back which shows how tough he is.”

Makowski, a junior defender, has played in 46 career games, which is tied for the most of all current Syra-cuse players. In that time, he has developed a modest pregame routine

By Trevor HassASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Isaiah Johnson looked at his father Sylvester and bluntly delivered the news.

“Dad, if I don’t play in the next game, I’m going to quit,” Sylvester

Johnson recalled his son saying.Sylvester Johnson gazed back at

him, serving as the voice of reason. “No, no. You’re not going to quit,” he said. “You’ll be fine.’”

And he was. After barely playing in the first three games his junior

year of high school, Johnson consid-ered quitting. After all, he just started playing football a few months earlier and he wasn’t seeing the field.

But an injury to a fellow defensive lineman paved the way for Johnson’s success. Looks streamed in from

prominent schools. Instead of hap-hazardly banking on playing basket-ball in Delaware or at a Division II or III school, Johnson switched to the sport that gave him a chance at stardom, and the one that netted him

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80-100 The average mileage Whelan runs each week.

9:11 Joseph Whelan’s best time in the 3200-meter race at Hamburg High School in New York.

30:23 His 10k time at the NCAA championship last year as a junior — the best on the team.

24:34.90 Whelan’s 8k time in his lone race of 2013, the Harry Lang Invitational in Hamilton, N.Y.

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JOSEPH WHELAN, a redshirt senior on Syracuse’s cross country team, has become one of the program’s vocal leaders. Whelan’s 10th-place finish in the Northeast Regional Championship in November 2011 helped the Orange qualify for that season’s NCAA championship.

32:10 Whelan’s 10k time at the NCAA champion-ship his freshman year.

BY THE NUMBERSPoints former Syracuse wing Donte Greene scored in his first game with the Dongguan Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Leopards lost an exhibition in New Zealand to the Sky City Breakers, 114-93.

THEY SAID IT“The young man, when you look at his college background, he threw six picks all season. I believe it’s going to get better. I don’t think there’s any doubt it will get better.”

TWITTERSPHERE @Anthony DiComoNot counting strike-shortened ’94 season, #Mets, #Yankees, #Jets, #NYGiants have not all missed playoffs since 1992. Could happen this year.

Rex RyanNEW YORK JETS HEAD COACH ON QUARTERBACK GENO SMITH

AT A GLANCEFormer high school teammates Lauren Brooks and Megan Bupp reunite for SU field hockey. see dailyorange.com

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