Meet Monday: Juliette Crellin
For some people, picking weeds eight hours a day doesn’t sound fun, but Juliette Crellin cherished the opportunity. In fact, she had been looking forward to it for years. The junior policy studies...
View ArticleMeet Monday: Joshua Aviv
Joshua Aviv hopes to give electric car owners the freedom to travel farther. One of the biggest impediments to electric car ownership is range anxiety — electric car owners save tons of money by...
View ArticleMeet Monday: Jake Irvin
For Jake Irvin, art is all about the process — the process of sculpting, disassembling and now, teaching. Over the course of the semester, Irvin, a junior art education major, has taught art workshops...
View ArticleMeet Monday: Jordan Dudden
Jordan Dudden turns keys into an emotionally significant fashion statement. In a jewelry and metal-sculpting class she took last semester, Dudden had to make a ring. Unsure of how to approach the...
View ArticleGallery: Meet Monday, spring 2015
Editors note: This is a repackaging of stories that ran throughout the spring 2015 semester. Syracuse University students come from many walks of life. The quiet kid sitting next to you in lecture...
View ArticleSophomore creates Phoenix Suns podcast, Suns Talk Radio
Not many people from Pittsburgh are Phoenix Suns fans. But when sophomores Zach Parnes and Nick Hennion met at an NBA preseason game at the Carrier Dome, they realized they had exactly that in common....
View ArticleSophomore races dirt bikes competitively
While most kids were just learning to ride a bike, sophomore Abby Todd was mastering the basics of driving an all-terrain vehicle when she was 5 years old. By the time she was 12, she was riding dirt...
View ArticleSophomore independently runs jewelry company
Sara Adam was looking for a necklace that she could wear in different ways, but when she couldn’t find something she liked in stores she crafted her own. “I couldn’t find one anywhere and didn’t know...
View ArticleSophomore recovers from brain cancer and manages men’s basketball team
Diagnosed with brain cancer seven years ago, Lenn Brown refused to let anything get in the way of him and his dream to attend Syracuse University. After enduring brain surgery, nine rounds of...
View ArticleSU graduate student creates 50 Worst Dates card game
Kyle Ott is developing a party game with spunk. 50 Worst Dates is similar to fan-favorites Cards Against Humanity and Apples to Apples, except the goal is to combine varying traits and situations for...
View ArticleJunior’s raw vegan diet helps him lose 100 pounds
Nearly one year ago, Ethan Tyo traded fast food for fruits, veggies and 7 a.m. workouts. Now, 100 pounds lighter, Tyo said he is happier, more confident and seeking to inspire and enlighten people...
View ArticleSenior writes poetry and makes art inspired by his travels
To Alexander Vélez Burgos, art means taking initiative. The conceptual artist, aspiring author and activist works to provoke change by challenging art for art’s sake. Burgos, a student of the world,...
View ArticleSenior strives to end stigma surrounding mental illness through ‘Colorful...
On the top floor of DellPlain Hall, sketchbooks, Oreos, pickles and a friendly resident adviser are sprawled across the lounge. Laughter and smiling residents in the hall outside create a welcoming...
View ArticleSophomore aims to write for ‘Saturday Night Live’
Izzy Hattem has her sights set on bright lights and the big city. A longtime fan of Saturday Night Live, the aspiring screenwriter has dreamed of working for the popular sketch comedy show since she...
View ArticleJunior’s perseverance with science lands him apprenticeship at NASA
For some, cells are simply part of the human body. For Nicholas Fiore, they are the future of his career. Fiore, a junior bioengineering major, said he’s had a lifelong curiosity for the mechanics of...
View ArticleSophomore creates campus magazine devoted to hip hop
Joanna Agwanda is bringing hip-hop into the spotlight with Syracuse University’s first-ever magazine dedicated to the genre: The Mixtape. Agwanda, a sophomore television, radio and film major, hopes to...
View ArticleJunior to craft photo book to honor Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary
A lifelong devotion to music was inevitable for Liz Stantley, who was raised listening to rock. The Southern California native is taking her love for music festivals to the next level by creating a...
View ArticleSU junior performs traditional African dances with One World Dance troupe
Lesley Kevin Pfeifer woke up on an October morning of his freshman year and realized he had drastically overslept. He arrived 10 minutes late for his audition for the One World Dance troupe. To his...
View ArticleFreshman secretly backpacked across Europe
Backpacking across Europe sounds like a soul-searching dream for most. But for Emily Bacon, it was an internal pull. Bacon, a freshman acting major, took a leap of faith and solo backpacked through 17...
View ArticleFreshman looks to connect world cultures with online community
Lawrence Lin is bringing real-life conversation back into social media. The freshman international relations major and his business partner, Quentin Rosso, are connecting world cultures with Savofair....
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