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Commuter Challenge encourages drivers to trade old ways for more eco-friendly travel methods
By Hanna Dubansky
Last year, Don Wagner walked, kayaked, sailed and rode his bike to work. This year, he's riding his motorcycle to work every day from Blossvale, a town nearly 50 miles from campus. The instructional technology analyst at Syracuse University is doing this to raise awareness for the Commuter Challenge.
New initiative threatens taxes on campus energy use
By Hanna Dubansky
At the University of Rochester, showering for too long could end up as an extra bill on tuition. Leaving the lights on could also end with the same fate. Students for Green Research and Sustainability, a group formed at Rochester to address sustainability issues on campus, is pushing for taxes on its students' on-campus energy use from showers to lights.
Halloween nightmares: Flicks to run and hide from
By Talia Pollock
Maybe it's all the Halloween candy that hit grocery stores the week after Labor Day, or the spooky decorations plastered everywhere, but for whatever reason, I have been in horror movie mode for weeks. Finding a movie that will scare the bejesus out of me is quite a challenge.
A 'Far Cry' from good
By Matthew Bellezza
Almost a full year since the guys who brought you the original Far Cry split up into separate developers to make Crysis, Ubisoft joined with EA Games to bring us their not-so-sequel- follow-up to Far Cry. One horrendous breakup, an enormous amount of hype and an entirely new graphics engine later, out comes Far Cry 2.
