From blowing glass to blowing $1 billion to buy a phone app

Happy Hump Day. Take a look at what's been happening on campus, around the city and across the country over the past week:

FROM THE HILL

• Syracuse University has its very own scientific glass blower. Who knew? And she’s only one of a handful across the entire coast. Watch how she makes beakers and test tubes.
• A few students found true love just in time for the weekend, as Chinese students staged an SU version of Chinese dating game show, “Fei Cheng Wu Rao.”
• The NewsHouse’s third annual Tweet and Seek competition is still going strong. Make sure you play to win some cool prizes.

STILL IN 'CUSE

• Dodgeball is not just for elementary school kids anymore. A group of Syracuse union members plan on staging a dodgeball game on April 17 to protest low corporate taxes.
• After a warmer than usual winter and a tease a few weeks back of an 80-degree spring, it looks like the weather will stay cold for a bit longer. The National Weather Service is predicting low temperatures and rain until the weekend.
• After passing the $4 mark last week, it looks like gas price increases might finally be slowing down.

IN THE ZEITGEIST

• Looks the like the meandering Republican presidential primary might finally be over. Rick Santorum formally suspended his campaign Tuesday, leaving Mitt Romney as the likely nominee. Time for the general election season to begin.
• Also on Tuesday, Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion. Hipsters everywhere decried their favorite app going mainstream.
• Where are “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” going to get their casts now? A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows teen pregnancy is rapidly declining.