Beyond the Hill : Forgive and forget: Rutgers wipes bad grades of returning drop outs
Students who dropped out of Rutgers University at least 10 years ago may have the opportunity to return with a clean slate.Rutgers is one of… Read more »
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Ask the Experts : What major issues should voters be thinking about in the election?
As the midterm primary elections took place Tuesday, voters in New York state and across America decided which candidate could address major issues most effectively.Although… Read more »
Classes adopt Wikipedia as teaching tool
Wikipedia, usually forbidden from academia as potentially inaccurate, has found a place in a handful of college classrooms. Select universities across the nation, including Syracuse… Read more »
Student Association : Assembly releases statement supporting 103 Pan Am bomber incarceration
Student Association plans to send its statement calling for the only person convicted in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing to serve out the remaining… Read more »
NY bill could increase student voter turnout in years to come
This year's elections may be some of the last before colleges are required to provide polling stations on campus. The New York state Senate passed… Read more »
Arts and Sciences : Maxwell begins planning for greater autonomy, exclusive undergraduate major
The university is moving forward on several controversial changes to the relationship between the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of… Read more »
Bus stops to install electronic, up-to-date arrival times
Electronic signs with real-time bus departure and arrival schedules may line several campus bus stops come spring. The signs are part of a $2.25 million… Read more »
Allegedly intoxicated student wields knife in Hall of Languages classroom
A student who appeared intoxicated disrupted an afternoon class Monday by waving around a pocket knife, resulting in him being taken into custody by the… Read more »
'I just keep going': Local politician Howie Hawkins runs for governor despite past political losses
Howie Hawkins has run for city councilman, Syracuse mayor, Onondaga County executive, New York state comptroller and seats in both the U.S. House of Representatives… Read more »
Study finds hook ups that turn to relationships are just as happy as traditional relationships
Hookups can grow beyond the bedroom into quality relationships, according to a new study. University of Iowa sociologist Anthony Paik's research, based on a survey… Read more »
ESF : Out-of-pocket: Students receive more financial aid in response to tuition hike
A tuition hike made a couple weeks before the beginning of the semester forced out-of-state students from State University of New York College of Environmental… Read more »
Sold-out Juice Jam concert stays safe
Passion Pit's lead singer Michael Angelakos screamed into the sea of students at Skytop Field. 'How many of you started drinking at 8 o'clock? 10?… Read more »
University initiates plan to be carbon neutral by 2040 with VPA
The College of Visual and Performing Arts is leading the university's initiative to become carbon neutral by 2040. 'Being climate neutral means that you are… Read more »
SU, city commemorate 9/11 through prayer, volunteering
Sept. 11, 2001, may have happened nine years ago, but Father Linus DeSantis knows it is still an emotional day — both nationwide and for… Read more »
Professor helps 14-year-old create his dream film
The camera bulbs flashed as gowned ladies and suited gentlemen sauntered down the red carpet at Saturday's movie premiere. After the screening, actors took the… Read more »
Intoxicated student waves knife in Hall of Languages
A student who appeared intoxicated disrupted an afternoon class in the Hall of Languages when he waved around a pocket knife, resulting in his being… Read more »
Gas drilling documentary screening elicits heated opinions
Tap water is not supposed to catch on fire. But as Josh Fox showed in his Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary 'Gasland,' that's what happens… Read more »
Thornden Park documentary screening to raise awareness against hydrofracking
'Gasland' Screening Where: Amphitheatre in Thornden Park When: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. How much: Free Documentarian and Sundance Jury Prize winner Josh Fox will lead… Read more »
High stakes: University, nation investigate synthetic marijuana after students overdose
Dangerous and mysterious. That's how Taylor, a Syracuse University sophomore, would describe Spice after trying it for the first — and last — time a… Read more »
Juice Jam sells out Wednesday for first time in 7 years
This year's Juice Jam music festival sold out Wednesday for the first time in the event's seven-year history. Wednesday morning, 4,715 tickets had… Read more »
Greek Life : Homeward Bound: AGD begins non-traditional recruitment without a house or home base
With zero sisters and a house not yet ready for members, the women's fraternity Alpha Gamma Delta is trying to develop its future pledge class. The… Read more »
NGO moves to Syracuse, begins recruiting student interns
Far away from her office in Syracuse, Sarah Peterson explored, for the first time, the city streets of Casablanca, Morocco, this summer. The… Read more »
SU sophomore travels with, films Tour de France
It was an ugly day at the Tour de France — foggy and cold, with plenty of rain. But it was the perfect day for… Read more »
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute to move into renovated Bowne Hall
Construction is almost complete on the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, located on the third and fourth floors of Bowne Hall. Construction to convert chemistry-teaching labs to… Read more »
