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A cause to care about | Relay for Life increases in popularity on college campuses nationwide
By Stephanie Musat
It's a Saturday night. Students are walking around, listening to music. They've been up all night, but they aren't on out on Marshall Street - they are at the Carrier Dome. And they aren't drinking - they are fighting cancer. "Some say that our generation is inactive, but we have other ways to get involved," said Nick Huertas, co-chair of Syracuse University's Relay for Life.
LGBT speakers share stories, experiences | Everyday hardships topic of sexual diversity panel
By Rebekah Jones
More than 300 students crowded into Grant Auditorium Wednesday night and another 350 late Thursday afternoon to join a panel of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender guest speakers discussing sexuality diversity. The event was hosted by the Human Sexuality courses, CFS 388.
For fourth year, SU Ambulance noted for excellence in services
By Michael Jiang
Syracuse University Ambulance (SUA) received its fourth consecutive "Striving for Excellence in Campus Emergency Medical Services" award March 1 by the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF). This award is given to recognize Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations for their "quality in the delivery of patient care, high standard of professional education and service to the community in fulfillment of its mission of providing emergency medical services to its campus," according to the NCEMSF Web site.
A new generation of gossip | Web site Juice Gossip invokes free speech issues
By Bill McMillan
Not many people know, but Chelsa Shults has two webbed toes on her left foot. But by reading posts from juicycampus.com, Shults' fellow students at Harding University can learn this and other bits of information, ranging from the hilarious to the inflammatory.
Event brings local high schools to SU | Empowering Minds Conference offers view of college life
By Kasey Panetta
Hundreds of local city high school students will come to Syracuse University today to participate in the third annual Empowering Minds Conference. The Empowering Minds Conference is a one-day academic event open to sophomores and juniors from Nottingham, Fowler, Corcoran and Henninger high schools.
Religious diversity speaker visits SU
By Paul Squire
Dr. Ruth Small posed a challenge to her graduate students last semester, asking them to find out what makes a library state of the art. Small, an alumna of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, sits on the board of trustees and the library planning committee at Manlius Pebble Hill School.
Stress-reduction program loses funding | Three-year grant ends after teaching techniques to more than 100 students
By Laura Dobler
On a flight home, Isabelle Fagnot's plane hit turbulence. In the past, she would have started feeling scared and panic. But using lessons she learned from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program, she was able to calm herself down. "I said 'OK, there are turbulences, and this is what is making me feel uncomfortable.
