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University employee swipes students into Sadler with a smile
By Heath D. Williams
Ask any student who has ever eaten in Sadler dining hall about Irene Krebzdak, and chances are a smile will appear. It is a smile that resembles the one Irene always wears as she swipes students' cards when they enter the dining hall. That smile, along with welcoming bright eyes behind her glasses, is always there to welcome students, along with a basket of starlight mints.
Creativity inspires clever Halloween costumes
By Ashley Smith
College students may have long outgrown the joys of trick-or-treating, but Halloween success can still be achieved without the free chocolate and lollipops. As any veteran of a Syracuse University Halloween knows, the key to costume perfection is originality and creativity.
Midterm stress turns into success with useful study tips
By Erica Rosenthal
As midterms approach, students whip out their textbooks, notes and other materials to prepare. But different study strategies provide certain benefits and can help students earn those As. Dr. Marlene F. Blumin, associate professor of education and director of the All-University Study Skills Program, offered her advice on the most beneficial study strategies.
Internet Corner: Pinkisthenewblog.com
By Jessica Derschowitz
pinkisthenewblog.com Oozing with unflattering celebrity photos and bright magenta type, Pink Is The New Blog is a daily dose of Hollywood news that's too funny to pass up. Blogmaster Trent Vanegas skewers the fugly, celebrates the fabulous and asks the age-old question: What were they thinking? Vanegas writes his hilarious comments directly on the pictures in huge stencil type (obviously, pink), narrating through the latest movie premieres, paparazzi snapshots and magazine photo spreads.
The Blood Brothers
'Young Machetes,' full of ferocity, draws comparison to jazz
By Mike Mahon
The Blood Brothers Young Machetes Genre: Post-hardcore Sounds like: Refused, The Mars Volta Db level: 86 Cigarette-stained wallpaper is peeling off of the metaphorical walls of your ear canal. Blood, dirt and broken glass from the chandelier above cover the floor.
G-Unit rapper sings his way to mediocrity
By Mike Mahon
Lloyd Banks Rotten Apple Genre: (G-Unit) Rap Sounds like: 50 Cent, Eminem Db level: 25 There is a basic formula to a lot of rap these days that lends itself well to mainstream TRL-type audiences. A song isn't a song if it doesn't include a lengthy, wordy, semi-catchy chorus sung by the rapper himself.
