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Animal expert shares wild life
By Amanda Allison
Jack Hanna flew halfway around the world to spend one hour with his family and 14 mountain gorillas. This was depicted in one of four videos he showed to a full Goldstein Auditorium Monday night where Hanna displayed his true passion for sharing nature with the world.
Way of the sword
Swordsmanship on display in SU's kendo club
By Matt Levin
For a few seconds, everyone's silent. Two warriors dressed from head-to-toe in samurai garb stare each other down on the Syracuse quad. They stand, like jousters, with a long bamboo sword at their sides. Finally one charges and - Thwack. The warrior's shinai delivers a blow to the top of the head of his opponent.
Forget Hollywood's perfect romances: plan the perfect Valentine's Day at SU
By Nathan Mattise
Love it or hate it, the most heart-pounding event of the year is two days away. The anxiety associated with it runs more rampant than the holiday puns in that last sentence. Depending on whom you ask, there's good reason to be anxious. Chuck Klosterman famously argued society has an unattainable idea of what real love is because of the "love" we see in popular culture.
Bound to Bonds
ESPN reporter known for shadowing Barry Bonds speaks at Syracuse
By Andrew Sagarin
Pedro Gomez will not vote Barry Bonds into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The journalist, most famous for reporting on the controversial baseball star for ESPN, and also a newspaper reporter for more than a decade, spoke last night in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III in an event put on by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).
Singer-songwriter Matt Wertz headlines first Bandersnatch show
By Jen McCaffrey
IF YOU GO: What: Matt Wertz and Andy Davis Where: Schine Underground When: Tonight, 8 p.m. How much: $5 for students, $10 for the public. Two singer-songwriters from the South's most heralded music city will star in upstate New York tonight. The first Bandersnatch concert of the semester will feature two acoustic guitar-toting singer/songwriters - who both have connections to Nashville, Tenn.
Crush: Straws
By Kelina Imamura
It seems like an odd obsession, but straws make the world a bit more enjoyable and dentists a little happier. Straws, whether made from plastic with stripes on the side or a piece of licorice with the ends bitten off, remind me of childhood. Remember Capri Suns with their much-too-pointy straws that always poked through the back of the pouch of sugary goodness? Remember losing baby teeth and discovering the ability to - gasp - drink liquids without opening your mouth? Back in the day, straws were the coolest thing.
Commercial appeal
Orange Appeal's a cappella covers hit right note with harmonies
By Amanda Allison
There aren't that many people who like - nay love - a cappella groups. Still stuck on the image of these groups to be a scattering of retired, golf-loving men, it was a pleasant surprise to hear the freshness of Orange Appeal's new album "Live." However, the name of the CD could have better reflected the youthfulness and creativity of the group's newest production.
