family

Scoop Jardine relies on family ties
By Ivory Hecker
December 16, 2011 - 11:16am
SU's starting guard has cousins living here in Syracuse to support him on and off the basketball court this season.

Teams rise to the top of the polls with support.

As the Syracuse University men's basketball team currently plays as the nation's No. 1 team, senior guard Scoop Jardine knows all about support.

Most fans know Jardine is a cousin to fellow teammate sophomore Dion Waiters, but the senior guard also has two more cousins who moved to Syracuse during the past year.

Dos and Don'ts: Where to bring your parents on Family Weekend
By Eric Vilas-Boas
October 20, 2011 - 5:16pm
Here are some of the best places to visit/avoid when your parents are in town for Family Weekend.

Places to Go

Varsity Pizza, 802 S. Crouse Ave.

From its $2 buffalo chicken slices to its communal seating, Varsity’s hard not to love for a broke college student with a pizza tooth. Not intimate, expensive or pretentious, Varsity’s the joint to hit post-game—whether we win or lose. And you’ll love it.

 

Fans for life
By Sarah Hoyoon Lee
April 7, 2011 - 11:16am
Senior midfielder Jeff Gilbert's parents have missed only one SU home lacrosse game in the past four years.

Mary Ellen and Michael Gilbert have only missed one Syracuse University lacrosse match in the past four years.

But more than just being fans of the popular sport, the Gilberts are there to watch their son Jeff, a senior midfielder for the Orange.

“My parents have been at every game since my freshman year, except for one which they missed because they went to my brother’s college graduation,” Jeff said. “That’s an acceptable excuse.”

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva battle it out in family court
By Kit Rodophele
November 10, 2010 - 8:36pm
Mel Gibson was ordered to pay back child support after a family court hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

According to People.com, during a family court hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court today, Gibson was ordered by Judge Scott Gordon to pay back three months worth of child support to Oksana Grigorieva for their daughter, Lucia. After missing three payments of $20,000 over the last three months, Gibson now has to pay Grigorieva $60,000.

Newborn killed by family dog
By Marquise Francis
October 26, 2010 - 2:35pm
A 4-day-old died after being attacked by the family's pit bull terrier in Jacksonville, Florida.

A newborn, only four days old, was killed by the family's bit bull terrier this past Sunday evening at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, according to John Harrel, a spokesman with the Florida's Department of Children and Family (DCF). The infant's father told CNN that he and the baby's mother only left the child alone for a few seconds when the attack took place. The incident is under investigation for further information about what exactly happened.

Julia Terruso: Madrid
By Julia Terruso
March 11, 2010 - 5:25pm
Terruso enjoys interesting table talk over Spanish dinners with her host family.

Last night, after finishing off a mixed salad and empanadas de carne in the small kitchen I’ve come to call home, I went to slice open the orange in front of me. We were all talking about the dismal state of Greece’s economy, and the beautiful state of Greek men when my knife slipped off the orange and propelled it and the plate to crash down on the black slate floor. Everyone went silent. The plate broke into a hundred pathetic little pieces. I felt my face turn red.

“Lo siento Mercedes! Lo siento.”

“No te preocupes, chica.”

Why we smoke?
By Matthew Levin
April 16, 2009 - 3:23pm
Today's college students were raised on anti-tobacco campaigns and smoking bans, yet many still get hooked on cigarettes.

In the 1980s, experts finally started to confirm what had been suspected for the last two decades: Smoking is bad for your health.

The result: Kids growing up in the '90s were inundated with anti-smoking campaigns - from the Truth commercials to bans on smoking in many public places. The days of Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man were long gone. Studies still list smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in 435,000 deaths a year (18.1 percent).