Life & Style
Julia DiCesare portrait
Life & Style
Published: December 4, 2023

The Newhouse School senior began stand-up a year ago and now has nearly 25,000 TikTok followers.

Co-owned by sisters Lauren and Ashley Naum, Camp Candle Bar offers DIY candle and aromatic diffuser making classes, as well as workshops featuring combined activities.
Life & Style
Published: December 3, 2023

Syracuse natives Lauren and Ashley Naum have made it their mission to inspire customers, providing “a pillar and a light in the community.”

A holiday dinner table setting featuring wine bottles
Food
Published: November 17, 2023

Let’s be honest: a true college education also includes an alcohol education.

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Life & Style
Published: November 15, 2023

See what some of the locals will be up to while you’re spending the holiday upstate.

Megan Rydzak stands in her commercial kitchen space
Food
Published: November 10, 2023

After attending her first baking event four years ago, Megan Rydzak dove head-first into starting an all-vegan bakery.

Recess Coffee opened in Westcott in 2007, and has since expanding to three locations across Syracuse.
Food
Published: November 5, 2023

Students spill the beans on where to find the best coffee near campus.

Mona Awad
Life & Style
Published: November 3, 2023

The book details a gothic, searingly illusive story about a woman haunted by a need for perfection.

Oji Anderson drums in the alcove in her bedroom where she has a full-sized kit.
Life & Style
Published: November 2, 2023

Syracuse students share what makes their college living spaces cozy, original and special.

A man stands before a Halloween scene featuring a ghost, a witch, a skeleton and a zombie. He contemplates costumes that exhibit cultural appropriation.
Life & Style
Published: October 27, 2023

Halloween, with its tradition of spooky costumers, unfortunately, sees a surge in costumes that perpetuate harmful stereotypes.

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Life & Style
Published: October 25, 2023

Halloween in Syracuse doesn’t have to be basic this year.