Off Campus: Multimedia Belt

April 18, 2016 - 3:40pm
Though the crowd was small at the beginning of the event, it gradually grew as the evening went on.

Last week, with just days remaining before the New York Primary on April 19, Bernie Sanders supporters took the stage for their favorite Democratic candidate. In an event that grew as the hours went on, both local and national up-and-coming acts played in a “Fuel the Bern” concert at Palace Theater organized by Syracuse for Sanders.

April 17, 2016 - 11:25pm
Protests outside Donald Trump campaign stops are becoming common, and his Syracuse speech was no exception.

On one of the nicest days in Central New York in recent months, Donald Trump supporters and opponents were not playing nice in the streets. Although it did not reach the violent levels of Chicago or other locations of Trump rallies, the presence of protesters lining the roads around the Oncenter in Syracuse still maintained a fighting spirit.

April 17, 2016 - 11:24pm
With his visit to Syracuse, the GOP frontrunner became the latest presidential candidate to stop in Central New York before Tuesday's state primary.

Around 5,000 people came to the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in Syracuse on Saturday to hear Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Despite accusations that the businessman is anti-immigrant and anti-intellectual, a member of both groups was at the rally.

Retired orthopedic physician Fred Bejani traveled from New Jersey to show his support for Trump.

April 17, 2016 - 7:32am
At a recent press conference, four leaders spoke to press about why they are supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders.

A grassroots campaign does not take place in a grand ballroom. It typically doesn’t sell out arenas or stadiums. Usually you will be hard-pressed to find donors that can give more than twenty dollars of their paycheck. But that seems to be why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his message attract so many supporters. The Vermont senator is resonating with so many people in his bid to win the nomination of the Democratic Party.

April 13, 2016 - 12:11am
Sanders is third presidential hopeful to speak in Central New York in the past week.

Thousands of people gathered at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in Syracuse on Tuesday to show their support for Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and to hear the Brooklynite grandfather’s stump speech in person.

April 10, 2016 - 1:11am
The march comes just a few days before Sanders is set to visit Syracuse's Oncenter.

Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders is coming off a win in Wisconsin, and his New York supporters want to keep the momentum going.

Sanders supporters marched through Downtown Syracuse today in hopes of encouraging voters to vote for Sanders in the upcoming New York Primary on April 19, 2016.

To gain more attention, people beat drums to make sure they were heard and waved signs with messages such as “We are the 99%” and “Feel the Bern.”

April 1, 2016 - 7:07pm
The democratic hopeful led a small business roundtable and public rally at the Regional Market.

Dressed in orange, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton voiced her committment to the Syracuse basketball teams headed to the final four. But Clinton was not in Syracuse to talk basketball. She was there to talk about the future of the country.

“Don’t count us out. We’ve got the grit, we’ve got the resilience and the determination,” Clinton said. “That’s what our country needs right now.”

February 29, 2016 - 9:29pm
Syracuse student photographers show budding talent in companion photography exhibition to Helen Levitt's "In The Street."

The Everson Museum of Art’s photography exhibition, “The Way I See It,” is an unexpected and utterly delightful vision of Syracuse and its youth community. 

 

February 29, 2016 - 9:05pm
The Everson displays street photography created by middle school students in conjunction with Syracuse University's Photography and Literacy Project.

Children have always done well with Helen Levitt. They were often featured prominently in the late photographer’s work and the child’s play the photos captured are celebrated as the height of creativity.

February 26, 2016 - 1:50pm
Perspectives on the City of Syracuse from the women who stayed.

Lake effect. Orange pride. Salt potatoes. Wegmans. These are the terms that my eager family instilled in me upon learning that my alma mater would be Syracuse University, located in the very place that both sides of my lineage sprout from. As an Arizonian accustomed to readily available Mexican food and sprawling acres of saguaro cacti under open, dry skies, even the idea of snow was foreign to me. I cherished these new additions to my lexicon with excitement and care, looking forward to the day they would no longer feel strange rolling off my tongue.