Syracuse colleges cancel classes early

Syracuse University has announced in an e-mail sent to students today that all classes after 2 p.m. would be cancelled due to bad weather. This includes all University College classes and Drumlins Tennis co-curricular and physical education classes. This is the first time the University has cancelled classes since Feb. 14, 2007, according to syracuse.com.

Essential services, including dining centers, snack bars, and the Health Center, will be operating under normal hours. The E.S. Bird Library Learning Commons will remain open until 8 p.m.

Other area colleges have cancelled classes as well, including LeMoyne College and the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Couple sued over 'ugly' kitchen

A wealthy Icelandic couple is being sued for installing an inexpensive IKEA kitchen into an apartment they rented out at a hotel in New York City.

MSNBC is reporting that Paramount Realty Group of America Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Jon Asgeir Johannesson and his wife, claiming that they installed an 'ugly' kitchen into the 16th-floor apartment at the Gramercy Park Hotel.

The lawsuit claims the couple rented out the apartment for around $300,000 and then failed to make promised renovations on time. When they did, the suit claims the kitchen was unsuitable for the luxurious home.

Syracuse Athletic Dept. discussed moving court for 'Cuse-Nova

Many fans have discussed the concept of moving Jim Boeheim Court to the middle of the dome for this Saturday's Big East match-up against No. 7 Villanova. Now it's not just the fans talking about it. The concept is now being discussed in the Athletic Department's board rooms.

"It's something we've talked about, especially with the great sales in the past and now the sellout with Villanova," SU executive senior athletic director Scott Sidwell told syracuse.com. Sidwell says the discussion involves SU athletic director Darryl Gross, senior associate athletic director Rob Edson, senior associate athletic director Pete Sala, and members of the university's ticketing and marketing departments.

Moving the basketball court to the middle of the football field would cause thousands of season-ticket holders to lose seats they pay a premium for. Sala says if the court were to be moved, it would have to be a stand-alone event with tickets being resold since the entire building would need to be re-seated.

Sidwell says they decided to move the court for one game, it would have to be decided well before the season starting and before season-ticket orders were accepted."We'd want to do this all up-front so season-ticket holders would know how the seats would be reconfigured," he said.

The court certainly won't be moved for Saturday's game, but it's not out of the question for the future.