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Dance Society members throw back to the days of swing
By Erin Hendricks
When Justin Timberlake wrote this summer's hit song, "SexyBack," he probably envisioned young club goers bumping and grinding to his beats. However, last Thursday his sexual lyrics were adapted to a dance more than 50 years his elder-swing. The Syracuse Swing Dance Society pulled it off with a routine its members practiced during their weekly meeting at Johnston's BallyBay on Richmond Avenue.
Fall TV preview
By Christine Bald
Every season has its perks. Sure, fall features the cliché colorful leaves and that hearty back-to-school feeling only September can bring. But plenty anticipate the fall for that back-to-the-tube feeling, the dawn of all-new seasons of the best television has to offer.
Legal correspondent criticizes media coverage of Duke lacrosse case
By Eric Meyers
When Mark Obbie picked a topic last spring for a discussion panel in the fall, he wasn't sure if anyone would still be talking about the Duke lacrosse scandal. However, it remains the subject of heated debate. Syracuse University professors and legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick examined race, gender, class and the media's role in publicizing the controversy on Tuesday.
Wordsmith repents by giving back, vandalizing SUVs
By Seamus O'Connor
Syracuse, I hear you loud and clear. Over the last week, you have called me "ignorant," "insensitive," "a jerk" and "most likely to end up in jail for cattle rustling." Wait, my high school class called me that. I admit it, last week was a mistake. But this is a glorious new week.
Hex: E. Coli
By Ben Peskin
Just to recap, last week the nation was sent into an unparalleled level of panic as it learned that a new form of terrorist had struck at what Americans hold most dear: their food. Millions of innocent bags of salad-oriented spinach had to be destroyed to stem the attack from what Fox News calls "The Silent Killer.
Not your average girl talk
18 women recount inspirational stories
By Kristen Putch
"This is Not Chick Lit" Edited by Elizabeth Merrick When first picking up this book, full of "original stories" by various women writers, one thing crossed my mind-another "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book. Great. The first thing the anthology's editor Elizabeth Merrick writes in the introduction is her definition of a 'Chick Lit'-a "Sex and the City" template of a story.
