The Juice

Damon Wayans in living color
By Sophia Botchway
October 17, 2010 - 10:41pm
Comedian-actor livens up Syracuse University's homecoming weekend with a refreshing performance on Saturday.

Film and television comedian Damon Wayans delivered a refreshingly hilarious performance to Syracuse University's homecoming crowd. And judging by the crowd’s reaction, the headliner didn’t disappoint.

Phi Beta Sigma fraternity teamed up with Omega Phi Beta sorority to host the event in Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center Saturday night.

Four students come down with chicken pox
By Julia Shanahan
October 9, 2010 - 2:41pm
SU community members are encouraged to check their heath records and evaluate their need for a vaccine

Syracuse University Health Services released a chicken pox warning to students, faculty and staff, this morning. Four cases of the contagious respiratory illness have recently been reported on campus. 

Individuals who were in close proximity to the four cases have already been contacted and arrangements have been made to vaccinate them, as needed. Students and SU community members are encouraged to check their heath records and evaluate their need for a chicken pox vaccine. 

Tucker Max proves that jerks do finish first
By Jillian Anthony
October 5, 2010 - 11:26am
Tucker Max talks about his new book, how girls come to him now and his final sexual frontier.

An hour before Tucker Max is scheduled to appear at Follett's Orange Bookstore at 2 p.m. on Sunday, a few eager young men have already lined up to meet him. They all hold Assholes Finish First, Max's second book, which was released Sept. 28.

Damon Wayans to perform comedy concert
By Julia Shanahan
September 30, 2010 - 4:57pm
Stand-up comedian and star of "My Wife and Kids," Damon Wayans, is coming to Syracuse University to perform for homecoming weekend

This year’s Orange Central events will include a comedy show performance by stand-up comedian and television star, Damon Wayans.

The homecoming weekend concert will take place Oct. 16 in the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. The event starts at 8 p.m., but Wayne will kick-off the night at 7 p.m. with a pre-comedy show.

Wayans is well known for his successful comedy show, “In Living Color,” the sitcom, “My Wife and Kids” and a string of movies including, “Major Payne” and “The Last Boy Scout.”

SU to open abroad center in Istanbul, Turkey
By Shayna Meliker
September 22, 2010 - 12:52pm
This spring, the new program will bring students to Turkey's largest city.

Syracuse University launches its eighth SU Abroad location this spring: in Istanbul, Turkey. 

The department will host an information session with the program’s director, Erika Wilkens-Sozen, at 4 p.m. today in 225 Eggers Hall.

The new center, docked on the waterfront campus of the private Bahçeşehir University, will offer classes that include European Union studies, film, engineering, religion and Middle Eastern studies. The program starts Feb. 1 with a seminar called “Istanbul, the City,” and runs through June 22.

University Union Performing Arts to host creator of PostSecret
By Julia Shanahan
September 20, 2010 - 11:22am
Frank Warren will talk about the popular postcard website Oct. 20 at Goldstein Auditorium.

University Union Performing Arts will host a speech and signing with Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret, at 8 p.m. on Oct. 20, in the Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center. 

What the Gulf oil spill means for you
By Julia Shanahan
September 13, 2010 - 11:52am
University Lectures will host a panel discussion on Oct. 26, to explore the long-term impacts of the BP disaster.

 

Paulus joins Navy coaching team
By Erica Sanderson
August 2, 2010 - 5:53pm
Greg Paulus is hired as basketball assistant at U.S. Naval Academy.

People doubted him, but Greg Paulus has made sports a full-time job. 

Paulus is the new assistant basketball coach to Billy Lange at the Naval Academy. 

SU College of Law gets largest donation in the school history
By Erica Sanderson
July 21, 2010 - 12:14pm
Children of alumni donate $15 million for a new law school building.

Building a new law school just became easier.

Three children of Syracuse University's College of Law alumni Robert Emmet Dineen (class of '24) and Carolyn Bareham Dineen (class of '32) pledged $15 million to SU for a new school in their parents' honor. 

Warm weather warnings
By Erica Sanderson
July 6, 2010 - 7:16pm
SU facilities gear up for record-high temperatures while steamy weather raises health concerns.

Central New York is practically melting from the suffocating summer temperatures. NewsChannel 9 WSYR is predicting 95-degree temperatures for the next two days -- record-breaking heat Syracuse isn't used to seeing. 

If campus feels like a desert, Syracuse University is trying to assuage the potentially dangerous heat.