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LAST DAY SHOWERS? FINALS WEEK HI 59° | LO 35° may 1, 2007 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SYRACUSE , NEW YORK INSIDENEWS INSIDE OPINION INSIDEPULP INSIDESPORTS Double Standard Fresh Wheels Made in Syracuse Coaching search Two VPA grads created their Recent efforts to curb student Pierre Hahn says it’s time own Film Festival to advocate How Daryl Gross cheating has not extended to to give freshman a reason American independent films. identifies and recruits the faculty. Page 3 to want to live in SkyHalls – cars. Page 5 Page 13 coaches. Page 32 school of education public safety Irish 2006-2007 SU increases president Part 8 of 10 presence on campus off campus By Eddie Jacovino ASST. NEWS EDITOR First foreign head A Public Safety officer may become of state to visit the new chauffeur for students walk- ing home from house parties. SU will speak at Officers will drive, walk and ride bikes through the neighborhoods Hendricks today around campus to keep crime down when Syracuse University kicks off its By Matt Reilly “orange watch” program Wednesday. ASST. NEWS EDITOR It will be the first time Public Safety The 100th birthday is typically a will have a regularly scheduled pres- memorable one. ence off campus seven days a week. And for Syracuse University’s “The focus is going to be on a pres- School of Education, 100 candles ence of Public Safety officers and on were not going to be enough for the deterrence of crime,” said Interim its centennial Chief Tony Callisto, who will be inter- celebration. The viewing for the permanent position event called for before a panel of students today. more. So with a The new patrols will include three little luck and off-campus areas –– the east neighbor- an inside con- hood to Westcott Street and Thorn- nection, the SOE den Park; the West lots and north of secured Presi- campus to East Genesee Street; and MCALEESE dent of Ireland the area south of campus, including Mary McAleese. the Vincent Apartments and Thurber McAleese’s visit today will mark Street. the first time in the university’s jackie johnston | staff photographer One officer will cover each patrol history that a sitting foreign head of BRITTANY SMITH AND KERRI LAIMBEER, forwards for the Syracuse women’s basketball team, from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. Sunday through state will visit the Hill. work at a computer cluster provided by student-athlete support services at Syracuse. Wednesday. On weekend nights, there “She’s a spokesperson for values will be five patrol posts and a supervi- that are important to this school of sor, with the extra posts added to education,” said SOE Dean Douglas the east and south sides of campus, Biklen. “She’s very, very progres- SU tries to Callisto said. ive on disability issues.” He added, When school “Wherever there’s significant stu- s “She’s also a feminist. So she brings provide support dent rental occupancy, you’re going to a commitment to equality that is see DPS cars patrolling those areas,” very important and certainly a part & sports collide for athletes he said. “Students will relatively of the history of this school of educa- quickly start to see an increased pres- tion.” By Matt Levin head and makes a circular motion Davis was one of the few lucky ence and increase in patrols.” The string of events that landed DESIGN EDITOR as if to accuse the players surround- enough to make it professionally. Though Public Safety officers will the Irish president on the SU Hill hris Davis stands in front ing him. But his NFL career was fleeting. be patrolling the area, they have lim- has been well documented in the of a computer cluster in But instead, Davis is talking He spent two years as a Seattle ited jurisdiction on public property, past weeks in anticipation of her the Iocolano-Petty Foot- about the past. His irritation brims Seahawks fullback before recur- Callisto said. Public Safety can act if visit. ball Complex. Players on from depicting the ex-Syracuse ath- ring knee injuries forced him into they witness a crime being commit- Michael Schwartz, an assis- Cthe Syracuse football team enter letes who failed to graduate. retirement. Fortunately for Davis, ted, but must call the Syracuse Police tant professor at the SU College of the vicinity to prepare for a study He recalled some athletes who he always had a sociology degree to report crimes and incidents before Law, became a personal acquain- session. Davis, a graduate assistant made it to their last semester before sitting in his back pocket being granted permission to act while tance of the president because he and current master’s student, was assuming their future rested in the “(The pros are) a revolving door,” off campus. — like McAleese’s brother — is deaf. once one of those players. NFL. The players who took that risk Davis said. “You never know what The patrols will most likely not Together, he and McAleese worked Now Davis sounds frustrated. often flunked out of school and the happens. You may get hurt. I try to lead to an increase in open container SEE IRELAND PAGE 10 He throws his right hand above his pros. SEE GRADES PAGE 26 SEE PATROL PAGE 11 2 may 1, 2007 START FINALSWEEK NEWS @ DAILYORANGE . COM TODAY’S EVENTS “NEWS” WORLD BRIEFS compiled by melissa daniels | asst. copy editor compiled by melissa daniels 2 p.m. President of Ireland Mary McAleese will speak in Hendricks United Nations Security Chapel. Alligator causes traffi c jam World War II wreckage discovered Hendricks Chapel | Free An 8-foot alligator blocked traffi c on a San An earthquake of 8.1 magnitude that hit the Council calls for cease-fi re Solomon Islands in early April washed up The United Nations Security Coun- 8 p.m. Antonio freeway early Sunday morning. Despite wreckage of a World War II torpedo boat. The cil said Monday that all fi ghting par- Syracuse University’s College of police blaring their car sirens and throwing traf- boat, which still contained live explosives, ties in Somalia must stop fi ghting Visual and Performing Arts will fi c cones at the gator, the gator merely snapped was tossed when the quake raised reefs by and agree to a cease-fi re immedi- present “Glimmerglass Opera in and refused to move. The gator retaliated, and 10 feet above sea level. “My team members ately. THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED Concert: The World of Offenbach.” took a bite out of a police bumper. Police used believe that this boat could have been one of ITS “GRAVE CONCERN” FOR The performance features mem- lassos and metal poles to fi nally lure the gator those U.S. torpedo boats such as the famous THE RENEWED FIGHTING IN THE bers of the Young American Art- into drainage ditch leading to a lake.”I don’t PT-109, which the late U.S. President John F. AREA, including the deaths of civil- ists. remember any of this in the academy,” police Offi cer Albert Silva said. “As far as I know, Kennedy had served aboard during the war,” ians. It also asked U.N. Secretary- Setnor Auditorium | Free there’s no procedure on this other than: ‘Don’t Jay Waura of the National Disaster Manage- General Ban Ki-moon to begin the get bit.’” State game warden David Chavez said ment Offi ce said. Waura called the fi nding “appropriate contingency planning he did not know how or why the gator wandered “amazing,” as the wreckage had been under for a possible United Nations mis- upon the freeway. “They keep to themselves,” the sea with no one knowing about it. He sion, to be deployed if the Security he said. “They don’t go out looking for trouble.” said that the only part that was intact was the Council decided to authorize such boat’s hull containing deadly explosives. a mission.” Troops in Somalia and Ethiopia have been fi ghting insur- gents since late March. Uganda is the only African country to aid the confl ict so far — at least 1,500 GRAD ISSUE 5/10 troops were sent to the region. NEWS Turkish prime minister Irish words of wisdom addresses nation after Check dailyorange.com and the May 10 issue for full cover- stock market crash age of President of Ireland Mary The prime minister of Turkey spoke McAleese’s visit to SU. to unify the country after its stock market crashed on Monday, along PULP with political controversy over an Islamic-based government. Magnifi ed strength Turkey’s IMKB-100 index opened Senior Ericka Mitton was forced to with A DROP OF 7.99 PERCENT quit her running career due to an MONDAY MORNING. Prime Min- extreme heart condition. ister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Europe’s bells examined for longevity Turkey must ensure its stability to SPORTS Researchers are traveling Europe to check the safeguard its economic recovery. sound of bells in famous bell towers, from the Erdogan didn’t specifi cally discuss Walk in the park Notre Dame Cathedral to Hamburg’s Millennium the state of the stock market, but Find out who prepares the Drum- Bell. The examination checks the life spans of the spoke of the economics of the lins golf course for play, how it’s bell, and is meant to unlock the secret of the opti- country. “At this point, it’s enough done and how long it takes. mum chime. Sensor strips are applied to the bells, that we protect the environment and using acceleration sensors and echo micro- of stability, it’s enough that we OPINION phones, the sensor strips are like electro-cardio- defend and protect the environ- grams that determine the health of human hearts, ment of peace.