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King for a day
Songs, poems and speeches highlight Su's 23rd annual MLK week
By Heather Mayer
A packed agenda grabbed the attention of the crowd in the Carrier Dome, gathered Sunday night to honor the legacy and spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. The guests weren't solely Syracuse University students or faculty, whites or blacks, but a mix. They joined together on a day devoted to the work of King and his dream of achieving civil rights for all people.
Z89 stirs up air waves
Campus radio station plays "Beat it" non-stop to introduce new format, name
By Megan Saucke
It's not every day someone calls 911 because Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was playing on the radio. But when Z89 put the song on repeat for 24 hours starting midnight Monday, "people just started freaking out," said sophomore Lauren Levine, who has worked at the student-run station since her freshman year.
IFC hopes for largest, safest spring rush to date
By Lauren Migaki
The Interfraternity Council tells spring rush recruitments to be themselves. "Be yourself. Bring what you have to offer. Show everyone in the fraternity system who you are-don't put on a face," said Brian Smith, IFC recruitment chair. This year, the IFC hopes spring rush will have a larger turnout and a safer bid night for its newly selected members.
Digital library aids Whitman student research
By Nicole Loring
Syracuse University's E.S. Bird Library is offering a new academic tool to students in the Whitman School of Management. The new program, introduced on Jan. 14, is called the Business and Management Information Gateway. It is an attempt to "take the library's resources and put them into a Whitman Web environment," said Suzanne Thorin, the dean of libraries.
Into thin air
Apple's latest release features the slimmest laptop design on the market
By Tom Auchterlonie
Apple Inc. said there was "something in the air" last Tuesday at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco as it unveiled a new ultrathin laptop. In publicizing its size to the audience, CEO Steve Jobs placed the new gadget in a manila envelope, calling it "the thinnest notebook in the world.
