About: Sean Sweeney
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Mentors of Manhood Help Youth Catch Dreams
Xavier Canty wants to experience the feeling of saving someone’s life. Tremaine Williams, who wrestles, wishes to repay all the physical therapists who repaired his injuries. And Delvon Shepherd, a 200-pound middle linebacker, escapes by writing stories and poetry. In Corcoran High School, there are plenty of students like these three. Some want to be [...]
Gear Up Campus Visit Inspiring
Terry Webb Jr. wasn’t interested in SUNY Oswego at all. Last year, the 16-year-old Syracuse native went to the state college hoping to find programs in technical engineering or math science. He came away unimpressed. This year, Webb went on another trip, this time to a campus right down the street: Syracuse University.
Corcoran’s New Schedule Lacking
Delvon Shepherd doesn’t understand why Corcoran High School no longer lets him stay after class for extra help from his teachers. “They eliminated all after-school activities except for sports,” the 15-year-old junior said.
Youth Get Spotlight Saturday
Mary Nelson to Host second annual Youth Day Fair Nov. 14 She’s been featured on “Live! With Regis and Kelly.” Her back-to-school programs have attracted from across the country. Some of those events have drew as many as 9,000. Her vision, her role in the Syracuse community stretches further than just Palmer and South Avenue.
Director's Blog
Next Journalism Workshop on Video
The Stand’s September 2010 Workshop will cover how to make a video piece.
The full-day workshop will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, with a short classroom session followed by an opportunity for participants to venture out into the South Side to make a short video and put their new skills to the test.
Health
After losing sight, Donna Reese adapts and brings her message to others
Donna Reese said she used to have problems with both her night vision and her peripheral vision, but she didn’t think about it much.
Then, one night, driving home from work, she found she had trouble seeing. Reese, former president of Syracuse’s chapter of the NAACP, blamed it on simply being tired.
Hometown News
Shoe Store Steps Up
Fitting people with proper shoes has been the mission for this South Salina Street store
Amatullah Yamini and her husband, Hassan, owners of Salina Shoe Salon, Inc., witnessed a man walking to the bus in shoes so grungy that the heels flopped with every step.
The couple invited him into their shop, fitted him with a pair of boots and sent him on his way, free of charge.
“Only because that’s the right thing to do,” Amatullah Yamini said. “That’s the thing about a neighborhood store, too, that’s different from any place else. You see something like that, it gives you the opportunity to give a blessing.”
Voices
Cleaning the Scene
After crimes, local business moves in to help restore people’s homes
As a longtime police detective, Virgil Hutchinson has spent countless hours investigating crime scenes. While his current police work keeps him confined to his desk for most of the day, Hutchinson spends even more time at crime scenes handling his second job: trauma scene cleanup.
Youth
Stay-Home Students
Workshops and networks help parents decide whether to teach their children at home
As local students gear up to go back to school, a growing number won’t make it past their front doors. Instead, they will receive their education right at home.
Homeschooling is the education of children under their parents’ general care and replaces full-time attendance in a public classroom. The National Home Education Research Institute notes it might be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States — currently numbering about 2 million home-educated students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, homeschooling has grown 7 percent per year for each of the past 10 years.
