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Welcome to Special Education Day!
Celebrate and consider reform for the future!
Special Education Day marks the anniversary of the nation's first federal special education law--signed into law on December 2, 1975. It is a day to reflect and reform.
Special Education Day, the national holiday listed in Chase's Calendar of events, began in 2005. That year marked the 30th anniversary of the IDEA--the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
2016 is the 12th anniversary of Special Education Day!
We hope you will mark and celebrate it!
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Syracuse men's basketball opponent preview: What to know about North Florida (DO; Grossman)
Mired in its first losing streak of the season, No. 22 Syracuse (5-2) will try to turn its fortunes around against North Florida (3-6) in the Carrier Dome on Saturday at 4 p.m. This is the first-ever meeting between the two teams, and the game will be broadcast on both Time Warner Cable and ESPN3.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Ospreys ahead of Saturday’s contest.
The North Florida Report: Similar to Syracuse, North Florida rolls out a starting lineup of all upperclassmen. Point guard Dallas Moore is the focal point of the offense, averaging 20.4 points per game and totaling 36 more minutes than any of his teammates. Outside of Moore, head coach Matthew Driscoll mixes and matches his rotation freely. Eight players have appeared in all nine games, and all are averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
The Ospreys average 74.4 points per game but have only scored 63 points per game in four contests against Power 5 opponents, all losses.
How North Florida beats Syracuse: In part, Wisconsin caused the Orange to fold on Tuesday with a diversified attack against SU’s defense. The Badgers leaned heavily on perimeter shooting, causing Syracuse’s zone to stretch out a bit, before turning to the paint and working the ball inside. That might be North Florida’s best bet. The Ospreys are only shooting 31.2 percent from 3, but then again, that’s similar to how Wisconsin had shot from deep until hitting nearly half of their 23 3s against the Orange. North Florida however, doesn’t wield nearly the amount of talented depth that the Badgers do.
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Syracuse shouldn’t let early losses define season - The Juice Online (the juice; Marcus)
Here’s a thought—do fast starts to a season, in recent Syracuse history, indicate success in the NCAA tournament? Or is it all a mirage, and do the real games not matter until later on in the season?
Let’s take a look at the last seven seasons.
For a five-year stretch, which began my freshman year in 2009, all Syracuse did was win when it opened the basketball season. Sometimes it was surprising (2009, 2013), other times expected (2010, 2011). In 2009, the Orange started 13-0. In 2010, 18-0. 2011? 20-0. Yeah, that one was fun. 2012 was a 10-0 start. And 2013 was 25-0.
In fact, the classes of 2013 and 2014 (for those players who stayed through their senior year), were two of the winningest classes in Syracuse basketball history.
Now, here’s how those teams finished out their seasons in the NCAA tournament. The 2009-2010 squad made it to the Sweet 16. In 2011, the Orange lost in the second round. In 2012, it made it to the Elite 8. 2013 was a Final Four season, and 2014 was a second-round exit.
So, technically, the team with the fewest wins to open the season made it the farthest. And the team in that span with the most wins to start a season tied for the earliest NCAA tournament exit during that span.
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Relax, Syracuse basketball fans: Men's and women's teams will be just fine in March (PS; ***Poliquin***)
It is in uncertain times such as these, times when we question truths once held dear, that the words of one of the Upper Midwest's more celebrated philosophers can bring needed comfort.
First, the apparently horrific situation from which children's eyes should be averted: Cumulatively, the Syracuse University basketball teams, men's and women's, have combined to lose five of their most recent seven games.
No, really. Jim Boeheim's bunch (4-2) has been bumped by 31 total points in back-to-back spankings administered by South Carolina and Wisconsin; meanwhile, Quentin Hillsman's outfit (4-3) has seen defeats administered by Drexel, Ohio State and DePaul sprinkled among its last five starts.
And all in a nine-day span during which dogs and cats were presumed to have been living together, and Donald Trump and Mitt Romney pretty much danced cheek to jowl.
Never mind that all of that unnatural activity took place in November and that December has barely dawned … and all this in a sport where not much matters (beyond elbowing for NCAA Tournament positioning) for elite clubs until March. The Orange and the Orange were in their Final Fours earlier this year, so all of this losing is, well, unspeakable.
At least to those who believe in mass hysteria. Which is where the wisdom of that aforementioned sage comes in.
"Five letters here: R-E-L-A-X," Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback/savant, decreed not so very long ago. "Relax. We're going to be OK."
Though he was talking to crestfallen Green Bay Packers fans last fall, Rodgers could have been addressing any number of disheartened SU followers in this one.
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Syracuse Basketball: What’s Now On Tap For SU’s 2017 Recruiting Class? (insidetheloudhouse.com; Adler)
The 2016-17 Syracuse basketball season is in its infancy, but that hasn’t stopped Neil Adler from looking ahead to 2017. What’s on tap for the Orange?
The past few weeks have proven extremely busy on the recruiting front for Syracuse’s basketball squad.
We’ve had some big-time misses, most notably Quade Green, along with Shai Alexander, Billy Preston, Nick Richards and Lonnie Walker.
On a positive note, the Orange has secured commitments from Oshae Brissett and Bourama Sidibe, two lower-ranked, yet extremely promising, prospects.
The early signing period is over. So how might ‘Cuse’s 2017 class eventually shake out come spring?
First, let’s set the scene for what Syracuse is losing after this season. Graduate transfers John
Gillon and Andrew White III, along with seniors Dajuan Coleman and Tyler Roberson, are gone. We know that much.
It’s up in the air whether freshman Tyus Battle and sophomore Tyler Lydon come back. Both could certainly declare early for the NBA Draft.
Expected to return are sophomore Paschal Chukwu, sophomore Frank Howard, freshman Matthew Moyer, who is redshirting this year, and freshman Taurean Thompson.
That’s four players likely on next year’s roster, and possibly up to six, depending on what Battle and Lydon do. For the 2017-18 season, SU will have 11 scholarships. That’s plenty of available schollies left to dole out.
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Long-awaited Howard Johnson's demolition to begin Friday (PS; Doran)
The long-awaited demolition of the old, long-vacant Howard Johnson's building on Carrier Circle in DeWitt is slated to begin shortly after 9 a.m. Friday.
DeWitt town officials announced late Thursday afternoon work will start Friday morning after countless delays. Crisafulli Trucking Inc. of Warners will perform the demolition work.
The Howard Johnson's motor lodge and restaurant opened in 1961. It closed in 2003. The town of DeWitt has been working to get it torn down ever since.
The structure will be torn down at Hampshire Hospitality's expense, the supervisor said.
Hampshire Hospitality LLC plans to build a four-story Home 2 Suites by Hilton with 78 rooms on the west side of the property.
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