Feature
South side resurgence
University-created center bolsters economic growth downtown
By Dan Briggs
At first glance, the dilapidated buildings of Syracuse's South Side suggest economic barrenness. A gas station sags, the prices on its marquee missing critical digits. Broken windows of a vacant house are boarded up with plywood, presumably to deter squatters and thieves.
American imprint
Gallery recalls radical work of revolutionary pop art icons
By Erinn Connor
The tension and social change that dominated the 1960s and 1970s is living on through art at the Syracuse University Art Galleries. One of the four exhibits currently on display at the gallery is "On the Edge of Pop," an exhibit at the Schaffer Art building that features the work of artists including Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Cottingham.
WERW, Z89 battle for campus airwaves
By Paola Capó-García
In the middle of the night, three disc jockeys are hard at work training their new protégé. While their playlist runs, they teach her the right buttons to push, the correct way to introduce a song and above all, radio-appropriate language. "You can't swear," says DJ Tron, as he stares at her coldly.
Negrodamus dishes on race, politics
By Taj Chrisp
Paul Mooney, known by most as Negrodamus from Comedy Central's, "Chapelle's Show," focused on "keeping it real" during last night's performance in Schine's Goldstein Auditorium. Mooney's performance, which started at 8 p.m. and lasted until nearly 10 p.
Internet corner
By Jennifer Williams
www.sonofacitationmachine.net Say hello to your new best friend: that gosh-darned Son of a Citation Machine. Ah, yes, and what a loyal friend he is. When you have a painstakingly long paper due in four hours on nepotism in the prehistoric era, Son of a Citation is there.
Reunion trend continues with disappointing Police performance
By Andy McCullough
If Sunday's performance was an indication the group's on-stage chemistry after 20 years, the Police probably should have stayed broken up. The underwhelming reunion of Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland highlighted a confusing night at the Grammys.
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