May 18, 2011 - 1:39pm
A Newhouse junior who has lived in Eqypt most of her life spent spring break filming protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Note: Broadcast and digital journalism junior Lenah Hassballah returned to her home in Cairo, Egypt, for spring break and witnessed the protests in Tahrir Square on March 18. Hassaballah was born in the United States but has lived in Egypt for most of her life. She attended high school and part of college in Cairo before transferring to Syracuse University. For Hassaballah, the Egyptian Revolution was personal, and witnessing it from afar on the television was, in her words, "not enough."

March 18, 2011.

May 3, 2011 - 1:53pm
Much of the United Kingdom celebrated the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton with large public parties, but some find the grandiose affair socially irresponsible.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and commoner Kate Middleton locked lips in marital bliss in front of billions on Friday, but not everyone in the United Kingdom was moved by the occasion. Although a large percentage of British citizens watched the wedding and celebrated in street parties throughout the UK, a much larger number of people watching from abroad engaged with the wedding as well.

April 20, 2011 - 9:42pm
A Sudanese refugee living in Syracuse escaped the violence in his home country, but remains haunted by the horrors he witnessed.

To live in Sudan is to live at war.

Guerilla soldiers draw their battle lines through towns, homes and human lives; lines that tear the country apart.

Fifty years of civil war have split the country in two. In half a century, the war has taken two million lives and left more than four million others homeless.

On Jan. 9, 2011, the Sudanese had the chance to break that cycle of violence.

April 13, 2011 - 1:11am
For 50 years the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra has been a cultural cornerstone, but mismanagement, a tight budget and an unanswered fundraising plea forces the SSO to closed its doors.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra invited Buffalo Philharmonic conductor, Joann Falletta to conduct a concert featuring classical guitarist Eliot Fisk on March 25. But it was not the strummed acoustic chords that resonated with the audience that night. Before the concert’s second half Falletta, the recipient of 11 honorary doctorates and a slew of other astounding credits, addressed the audience.

March 28, 2011 - 10:35am
Three SU Remembrance Scholars spent spring break in Lockerbie, Scotland to see how Lockerbie residents remember the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy.

From March 15-17, we took a trip to Lockerbie, Scotland, the crash site of Pan Am Flight 103.

At Syracuse, the Remembrance program focuses on what Pan Am Flight 103 means to SU most of the time, and sometimes forgets to take into account how the town of Lockerbie was affected by the tragedy, and how its memory affects the town today. 

March 3, 2011 - 3:07am
Cook-offs, ice skating, music and games provided entertainment as the 12-day festival came to a close last weekend.

Dan Smith, 46, from Brewerton has lived near Syracuse his whole life, but has only been to the city’s annual Winterfest six times. He has not gone other years mostly because of harsh weather.

This year, he decided to make the trip on the last of the festival.

“It’s a nice day to walk around,” Smith said. “The event had no bearing.”

The weather last weekend was finally a perfect setting for the twelfth and final day of Winterfest in downtown Syracuse, which ran from Feb. 17 to 27.

February 23, 2011 - 8:56pm
While the past few years have seen many closures on SU's beloved Marshall Street, this Spring meets the arrival of many new venues.

Marshall Street is seen by most Syracuse University students as an extension of the campus. And for many, the term ‘Marshall Street’ covers more ground than the actual “Marshall Street” that runs from Alliance Bank to Starbucks.

February 17, 2011 - 12:19pm
A Westcott community co-op's expansion prompts the need for a new location, but zoning laws and local residents reject the store's first proposal.

Tucked away in the Westcott neighborhood, at 618 Kensington Road, sits the Syracuse Real Food Co-op. The store, which is “cooperatively owned” by more than 2,600 residents in the Syracuse community, aims to provide the city with organic and local dairy products, produce, eggs and meats, as well as a place for members to meet and work together.

February 7, 2011 - 1:00am
University Neighborhood Housing Plan looks to help one of Syracuse's most vibrant neighborhoods.

Damian Vallelonga has fond memories of growing up in Syracuse’s University Neighborhood. That’s a large part of why he bought a house here last December. But to Vallelonga, there’s one big difference between the neighborhood he knew back then, referred to by locals as Westcott, and what he sees now from his home on the 700 block of Euclid Avenue – there seem to be more students, a lot more.

January 27, 2011 - 12:54am
For students in New York City who find themselves missing The Hill, a trip to these locations will be a familiar reminder of SU.

While New York City can seem like a large, foreign place to any student that's fresh off of the Hill, there are certain places in New York that will seem familiar. These are the markers of Syracuse University in New York City: the Big Orange in the Big Apple. Click on an SU logo on the map above to see a video about each stop.