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Increased pedaling due to more than just nice weather
By Michele Maciejewski
October 28, 2011 - 4:07pm
While Syracuse has had its share of warm weather this fall, that is not the only reason for increased bikes on campus.

Twenty years ago, Syracuse University had around 30 bike racks. Today, bikers in the university community can choose to park at one of 238 locations throughout the main and south campuses, according to James Thompson, manager of crime prevention for the SU Department of Public Safety. On busy days, bikers have also helped themselves to various railings, sign posts and fences to lock up to.

Gunn gathers minds for earthly discussion
By Erin Carson
October 27, 2011 - 1:07am
NPR personality Moira Gunn hosts a panel to gauge political, media influences on the Earth.

During Wednesday night’s “State of the Earth” panel hosted by NPR’s Dr. Moira Gunn, it was clear the point the panelists were driving home: A failure to communicate. They agreed there is an increasing need for communication within the scientific community and beyond.

Communication among academic disciplines, between scientists and the public, and between scientists and the media were all subsets in the discussion surrounding the current state of the Earth and how to handle discourse.

A bittersweet evening at The Lost Horizon
By Sam Napolitan
October 16, 2011 - 10:21am
Polar Bear Club bids farewell to touring comrades, says hello to hometown stage

“Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other,” said Jimmy Stadt, Polar Bear Club’s ebullient lead singer, as he stood before zealous moshers exploding into the air like human-sized kernels of popcorn. Although warnings regarding unruly tattooed appendages were duly warranted, Stadt was undoubtedly referring to the overwhelming sense of kinship emanating from The Lost Horizon main stage on Friday Oct. 14.

You taught us to dream big
By Theodore P. Rysz III
October 6, 2011 - 3:41pm
Steve Jobs taught me how to not be scared to dream big. I have learned to not fear failure, but to always try to innovate throughout my career.

On Wednesday, the world lost one of its most influential people to have ever lived: Steve Jobs.

Jobs battled pancreatic cancer since mid-2004 and was forced to take several medical leaves from his position as CEO of Apple to deal with his health. Throughout his arduous battle with cancer, Jobs maintained his charm, demeanor and style that elevated Apple to the status of an innovator, not just a technology developer.

Reclaiming the nation
By Camille Bautista
October 4, 2011 - 11:56pm
The Nation editor Katherine vanden Heuvel advocates for citizens retaking the government at Syracuse University's second University Lecture.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, called for an actively engaged citizenship in today’s political landscape as she spoke to students, faculty and the Syracuse community in the University Lectures series Tuesday.

Audience members in Hendricks Chapel applauded in agreement as vanden Heuvel explored issues of the Tea Party, the corrupting influence of corporate money, President Obama’s current political role and the overarching responsibility of the media.

Brought into light
By Elizabeth Carey
September 28, 2011 - 1:00am
Maria Hinojosa, the first speaker for this year's University Lectures Series, brings Latino issues out of the dark.

Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa shed new light on the contentious issues surrounding Latino immigration when she kicked off the Syracuse University Lectures Series on Tuesday. The audience filling Hendricks Chapel felt the impact of the Latina’s trailblazing work in investigative journalism in her lecture titled, “Making the Invisible Visible."

Hinojosa described the past two years she’s spent working on “The Latino List,” a documentary debuting this week on HBO, and “Lost in Detention,” a PBS Frontline documentary. She explained “the reality of being Latino.”

Syracuse reflects a decade after 9/11
By Eric Vilas-Boas
September 8, 2011 - 3:51am
Students, alumni and citizens give an oral history of their experience with 9/11, and how they have risen above fear.

This Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Across the country, Americans will honor the date with memorial services, speeches, illuminated candles, and dozens upon dozens of magazine cover tributes.

The terrorist attacks 10 years ago cost Americans two wars, billions of dollars in defense spending, two presidencies marred by foreign policy and above all, challenged American citizens to live in fear for their lives.

Marching right along
By Sara Tracey
August 31, 2011 - 4:40pm
The Syracuse University Marching Band spends several days before the start of fall semester to train acclimate new members to life behind the end zone.

Sam Brickfield stood between two groups standing in the Carrier Dome weeks before the fall semester would start. One row of orange-shirted students, standing at attention, faced a line of students, some still wiping tears from their eyes. Seven minutes earlier, many of them said speedy goodbyes to family members they wouldn’t see for months.

Back to the hill
By Tara Donaldson
August 30, 2011 - 10:04am
SU students start the fall semester with challenges, enthusiasm and sunglasses.

As the sun peeked out early Monday morning, signaling both the end of Hurricane Irene for Central New York, and the beginning of the school year for Syracuse University students, some students remained in Irene’s wake instead of on campus for day one of classes.

Aasimah Navlakhi, an arts journalism graduate student, spent her first day of school stuck in a Boston bus station for seven hours after three buses that should have brought her home had all been cancelled because of flooding.

Exploring Syracuse's roots
By NewsHouse Staff
August 16, 2011 - 1:11pm
Check out more than 50 video stories about Central New York originals.

Throughout a week in July and August, student journalists in a news writing and reporting class from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications branched out across the city of Syracuse and its surrounding areas in search of subjects whose roots are connected to the Central New York area.

The 57 video stories captured a range of characters, from those that are a part of multigenerational businesses to individuals just starting to establish a base in the area.