Nicki Minaj Not Coming to Syracuse, Sax-God Kenny G is

Before we get too far into the week, we're taking a moment to remember the week that was: those last few glorius days in the month of March when all this happened.

FROM THE HILL

• Nicki Minaj was temporarily the special guest for this year's block party, that is until it was revealed that it was all a big April Fool's joke by us, The NewsHouse. Cruel, right? What you may have missed: our behind-the-scenes look on how it all went down.
• The NewsHouse is making up for it, though. By giving away free stuff all month -- Fridays have the biggest prizes (sorry, no Nicki Minaj tickets though).
• Powerful images came out of the Trayvon Martin "hoodie rally" held at the steps of Hendricks Chapel, seen in this slideshow.

STILL IN 'CUSE

• Wegmans was named America's favorite supermarket in a new study by Consumer Reports, thought it's not really news to any Syracuse University students. 
• Gas prices surpass the depressing $4 dollar a gallon mark in Syracuse.
• Fans of 80s metal hair on light jazz musicians playing the theme to "Titanic" on a saxaphone, rejoice. Kenny G is headlining this year's Syracuse Jazz Festival. 

IN THE ZEITGEIST

• 54-year-old actor Alec Baldwin proposed to his 28-year-old yoga instructor girlfriend. He then had a Twitter "meltdown" after a reporter visited his new fiance's yoga class. Namaste, Alec.
• Call it the "Jersey Shore" effect: Medical researchers from the Mayo Clinic found that young woman are eight times more likely to have skin cancer. It's not just women; guys' skin cancer rates are up four-fold from 40 years ago.
• Taylor Swift's date to the American Country Music Awards this weekend couldn't go. Eighteen-year-old Kevin McGuire was supposed to attend the awards show with the country star, but McGuire -- who's battling cancer -- became too sick to attend. Swift gave McGuire a shout out on stage. The date was planned when the teen cancer patient asked the singer to go to prom.