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Sold out Nas concert hits tonight
By Edward Paik
ITALICS IF YOU GO What: National Panhellenic Council Presents: Greek Unity Fest Concert Where: Schine Student Center When: Tonight at 7:15 p.m. How Much: Tickets are sold out When Evan Mychal Smith heard the news - that all the Nas tickets were gone - he held one reaction.
Orange Alert trial fixes prior glitches
By Andrew Meola
At 8 a.m. Thursday morning, the Department of Public Safety pushed a button that started a test of the new Orange Alert system. In the second Orange Alert test this semester, DPS was able to send out 31,184 e-mails and 11,228 SMS text messages to members of the university community within five minutes, said Kevin Morrow, director of news services.
Pay it forward
New scholarship offers to pay one-third of grad school tuition
By Mackenzie Reiss
The academic year is coming to a close, and students aren't the only ones under pressure. Schools across the nation are grappling to fill 2.4 million teacher posts in the most vulnerable areas: urban districts and special needs fields, according to the National Education Association.
Earth Day event pushes for local sustainability
By Kelina Imamura
Children and members of the local community are going to ride to this year's annual Earth Day festival in style. Beginning at Edward Smith Elementary School on Lancaster Avenue, the group will bike through the Syracuse streets. The group's arrival is the kick off of Earth Day 2008 in the Thornden Park Amphitheater.
Computer artists to speak at ECAROcon symposium
By Kristen Wasik
Top special effects and video game artists from across the country will speak to students interested in finding their own career in computer arts Saturday. ECAROcon, a symposium scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, will bring to campus four experienced leaders in fields that combine technology and art to tell students about their experience in the industry, said Andrew Blackmore, the symposium's director and co-founder of Extracurricular Computer Art Organization (ECARO).
Students win national public relations competition
Three sophomores earn grant to promote instant messaging software
By Megan Saucke
Bridget Schultz, Anne McCarthy and Katelyn Schultz were understaffed and faced a fast-approaching deadline. But the three sophomore public relations students managed to beat out 12 other schools to win a chance to promote an instant messaging product. The Bohle Company, a public relations firm in Los Angeles, invited 22 schools to compete for the chance to represent Multiplied Media, an online content distributor.
'Labyrinth' exhibit at local gallery
By Stephanie Musat
Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna stood in front of two figures on the wall before him. The figures didn't have faces or genders. The figures' bodies were covered with a small, circular maze made out of pieces of mirror, only allowing a few parts of their nude bodies to be seen.
$40K prize for business plan competition starting Friday
By Sierra Jiminez
Brooke Safran, a senior management student, has been living and breathing a business since November. Safran, along with three fellow undergraduate management students, is one of the competitors in the Syracuse Panasci Business Plan Competition, eligible to win $40,000 to get their business started.
Inside information
At the request of students, Cornell University added nutrition labels to its retail food products
By Michael Jiang
Students at Syracuse University can't see how many calories are on a piece of cake they bought from Kimmel or how many grams of sodium are in that last salad they picked up. Despite the health-conscious attitude some students may have, nutritional information is not available on the prepackaged food prepared by SU Food Services for on-campus eateries.
