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Freshman found dead in dorm room
By Eric Vilas-Boas
March 23, 2012 - 7:05pm
Syracuse University officials confirm the death of Courtenay Nash in DellPlain Hall on Friday afternoon.

Courtenay Nash, an economics freshman, was found dead on the first floor of DellPlain Hall around 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Details are not yet available on the cause of death but The Post-Standard reported it "is not believed to be criminal in nature," said Syracuse Police Department spokesman Tom Connellan.

Freshman found dead in dorm room
By Eric Vilas-Boas
March 23, 2012 - 6:35pm
Sources confirmed the death of a student in DellPlain Hall Friday afternoon.

Freshman Courtenay Nash was found dead on the first floor of DellPlain Hall at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

Undeclared freshman Andrew Schaeffer, who lives in Ernie Davis Hall right across the courtyard from the entrance of DellPlain Hall, spoke about the incident.

"There's a big window next to my room, I could see everything." he said. "I saw an ambulance, paramedics and cop cars come and I thought maybe someone died, maybe someone passed out."

On the scene, Syracuse Police Sgt. Tom Connellan stressed the university is safe, and this was not a crime.

All about Molly
By Andrew Petrie
May 6, 2011 - 3:26pm
Busting myths and misconceptions about a recreational drug that has seen its popularity rise in Syracuse.

If you've lived in the Syracuse area over the past year there's a chance you've heard the name, "Molly."

Update: Student's family confirms suicide
By Jackie Dresch
September 30, 2010 - 10:58am
Rutgers University student family confirmed that the teen committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge.

The family of the Rutgers University student who apparently committed suicide last week has confirmed that the teen committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge, according to CNN.

Clementi apparently committed suicide after a video that invaded his privacy was broadcasted.  According to New Jersey authorities, the webcast of the 18-year-old showed him in a sexual encounter.

Student gunman turns gun on himself
By Luisa Ardila
September 28, 2010 - 6:50pm
A sophomore student wearing dark clothes and ski mask opens fire at the University of Texas.

The University of Texas campus in Austin was on lockdown Tuesday morning after a student ran into the library allegedly firing an AK-4. The gunman, according to NPR., who authorities say shot and killed himself, was identified as  19-year-old mathematics major, Colton Tooley. No one else was hurt in the incident, and after police searched the school it was confirmed that he was the only suspect.

The Denim Evolution
By Mallory Passuite
December 12, 2009 - 9:23pm
Once the workingman's uniform, fashion and flexibility now make jeans a wardrobe unifier for students and society alike.

Neatly folded piles of jeans blanket the floor of a small walk in closet. Meet Joe Cubiotti: a senior at Syracuse University who loves jeans. He currently owns about 70 pairs, he said.

“Freshman year, everybody used to make fun of me,” said Cubiotti, a 20-year-old policy studies and management major. His friends teased him about his extensive jean collection that filled his closet and extra storage containers under the bed.

HIV-Positive travel ban lifted in US
By Hilary Levin
October 30, 2009 - 2:08pm
President Barack Obama is lifting the United States’ travel ban for people who are HIV-positive.

President Barack Obama is lifting the United States’ travel ban for people who are HIV-poAIDSsitive. The US is one of about six countries that do not allow travelers or immigrants into the country based on their HIV status. This ban...

Make 'Em Laugh
By Ben Gellman-Chomsky
May 1, 2009 - 10:34am
Student stand-up comedians struggle and succeed with an isolating art.

Syracuse University senior Matt Harris knows his roots as a stand-up comedian.

“I’m a big fan of George Carlin,” Harris said.  “I wish I could write like him, and I try, but nobody writes like Carlin.”

Harris is a leader of the Woo-Hoo Comedy Club at SU, and he’s been performing stand-up comedy since his sophomore year.  He said he got into stand up after a girl told him he was funny at a party.

“I was pretty bombed, and she was like, ‘You should try stand-up,'” Harris said.  “I thought, ‘Hey, why not?’”

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